New book - Healing the Hurt in Your Marriage

Title: Healing the Hurt in Your Marriage
Authors: Gary Rosberg and Barbara Rosberg
Call number: 249.9 ROS










Have you ever been hurt in your marriage? How did you handle it? It's not a question of if conflict will arise in your marriage; it's only a matter of when. But many couples don't know how to deal with conflict in healthy ways, so their relationship smolders with unresolved hurt, anger, and resentment. You can heal the hurt in your marriage! Learn how to close the loop on unresolved conflict by practicing forgiving love. Marriage experts Dr. Gary and Barbara Rosberg draw from biblical wisdom to offer a step-by-step process that will move you beyond conflict to forgiveness. The stories, diagrams, and self-tests in "Healing the Hurt in Your Marriage" will help you and your spouse understand how you react to hurt recognize how unresolved hurt leads to anger and distance understand your different conflict-resolution styles face the hurt and move toward forgiveness and healing close the loop on conflict rebuild trust Restore hope, harmony, and intimacy in your marriage today.

New book - Character Witness

Title: Character Witness: How Our Lives Can Make A Difference In Evangelism
Author: Christine Wood
Call number: 264 WOO









If necessary, use words. When you think about evangelism, you probably think about what you need to say to an unbeliever. You imagine memorizing a five-point outline or a three-point plan. Christine Wood acknowledges that it is important to be able to express the truth of Christ. But in Character Witness she emphasizes that it is just as important to live a life that expresses who Christ is. St. Francis of Assisi put it this way: "Preach the gospel at all times; if necessary, use words."Character Witness is about personal integrity in evangelism. It will help you develop qualities like graciousness, purity, wisdom and patience. And it will show you how to extend yourself to others in ways that express the fullness of the grace of Christ. Wood's message is simple, but revolutionary: Your character is your most valuable evangelism resource.

New book - Lifestyle Discipleship: Encouraging Others to Spiritual Maturity

Title: Lifestyle Discipleship: Encouraging Others to Spiritual Maturity
Author: Jim Petersen
Call number: 265 PET









Walk into any bookstore and you’ll see entire sections devoted to the concept of discipleship. Churches offer courses on it and even appoint specific ministers to the task. But when it comes down to it, is there really any significant impact from all those programs and prescriptions for spiritual growth?

Helping others develop into mature Christians is a complex task. How can we attempt to influence people who care little about religion, let alone their personal spiritual growth? Perhaps it is time to set our agenda aside and focus instead on where others are. Join Jim Petersen as he reexamines our assumptions about discipleship against the Scriptures in light of our world today.

New book - Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples

Title: Real-Life Discipleship: Building Churches That Make Disciples
Author: Jim Putman
Call number: 265 PUT









Real-Life Discipleship explains what should happen in the life of every Christian and in every small group so that the church becomes an army of believers dedicated to seeing the world saved. With the overriding goal to train disciples who know how to make more disciples, this book offers proven tools and strategies from Real Life Ministries, one of America's fastest-growing churches. Discover what the Bible says about true and effective discipleship with these strategies and practices.