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Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross

It’s easy for me to look forward to Easter so much that I feel impatient with Lent. Nancy Guthrie, author,…
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Devotional Thoughts

When you hear the name of Carl Olof Rosenius, you may think of his classic titles, The Believer Free from…
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Counting to Christmas: Family Advent Devotions and Calendar

Advent is a wonderful time of the year filled with joy, wonder, and anticipation. It is a time we prepare…
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

​In C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, four siblings travel to the English countryside to escape World…
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Come, Lord Jesus! An Advent Devotional for All God’s Children

Advent season is a time when many families change from their regular devotional material to Scripture readings that emphasize the…
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Echo: Unbroken Truth. Worth Repeating. Again.

​Certain words can create strong reactions in people. Something about the verb “blanch” makes me not hungry anymore. Maybe there’s…
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Amazing Grace for a Woman’s Heart / Loved Beyond Measure

Life is busy. In between all the tasks we try to accomplish each day and all the roles we are…
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Baptism & Spiritual Life

​Dr. Iver Olson gave a series of lectures in 1951 on the subject, “Baptism and the Spiritual Life.” From those…
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Rest a While

​“Come and rest a while.” Mark 6:31 is the first verse you read in this book, and how appealing it…
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Gospel-Centered Teaching: Showing Christ in All the Scripture

​​​“My group isn’t outward focused enough! They don’t know much about the Bible! Our discussions always seem so shallow!” Thus,…
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End of the Spear (DVD)

​“End of the Spear” is the dramatized account of five missionary families that had a heart to go deep into…
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Threads of Grace

The daily fabric of our lives is woven with threads of expectations and commitments, laughter and tears, joy and discouragement,…
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Josh McDowell’s Handbook on Counseling Youth

Many different resources seek to serve teenagers and the caring adults that interact with them, but few over the last…
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To Live with Christ

Bo Giertz is best known for his classic novel, The Hammer of God, which has been translated into eleven languages. Dr.…
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God at Work

If you ever struggle with the “ordinariness” of life, if you ever struggle with having to do the “mundane” things,…
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Little Visits with God

Wiggling, talking, whining, disobeying, the struggle is real. What struggle? The difficult task of sitting everyone down for family devotions.…
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Effective Bible Teaching

As a young basketball coach, I worked with fifth grade to eighth grade students, focusing on the basics of the…

Bible Discovery Devotions

Resources Reviews Bible Discovery DevotionsApril 11, 2018Reviewed by Solveig HjermstadDevotional Reviews (13)Reviews (25) Teaching children God’s Word is one of…
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The Knowledge of the Holy

“The decline of the knowledge of the Holy has brought on our troubles.” This is just one reason that A.…
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Up to Jerusalem

John A. Braun has provided to us a devotional book entitled Up to Jerusalem: Devotions for Lent and Easter. This book includes…
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Family Vocation: God’s Calling in Marriage, Parenting, and Childhood

In Family Vocation: God’s Calling in Marriage, Parenting, and Childhood, Gene Veith teams up with his daughter, Mary Moerbe, to…
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A Faithful Guide to Peace with God

A Faithful Guide to Peace with God is identified on the title page as, “Being the excerpts of the writings of…
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Sing the Faith: The Small Catechism Set to Music CD

Luther put his Small Catechism together during a time of biblical illiteracy among the common people, as well as the…
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What Jesus Means to Me

Pastor Herman Gockel addresses the issue of the meaning of Jesus Christ in the life of a Christian in his…
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Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed the World

When browsing recently at the Ambassador Publications store, I picked up and began reading Martin Luther, a Man Who Changed…