“There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God” (Psalm 46:4). Seeing that river and returning to its renewing waters is the aim of Rev. Richard Davenport’s Bible study, The Baptismal River. Using especially Old Testament events that foreshadow the baptismal flood in Christ, the study provides the participant with all the gifts that God promises through Baptism, which “assuredly means forgiveness, but it also means quite a bit more.” Through The Baptismal River, the reader will be submerged in all the wonders of our life-giving Trinity that the baptismal flood delivers.”
-Rev. Dr. Kent J. Burreson, professor of systematic theology, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
The Apostles’ Creed. You repeat it week after week in church, but have you stopped to contemplate the words you’re speaking? Better yet, have you considered how the Apostles’ Creed is used in the mission field to speak Christ’s love and God’s truth to the world? Embark on a cross-cultural journey of The Apostles’ Creed from the mission field in Asia all the way to your home.
Knowing God and having a personal relationship with Him is crucial to developing your faith. That includes learning His Word in your native language. As author Emily Belvery worked in the mission field, it was pivotal for her to learn how to speak this foundational statement of faith in the heart language of the people she was reaching out to. As she studied, she renewed her appreciation and joy for the Apostles’ Creed.
A deeply personal account of one man’s faith, Extra Nos recounts hip-hop Christian rapper FLAME’s journey from Calvinism to Lutheranism.
After a serious car accident when he was 16, FLAME dedicated his music to Christian doctrine. Follow his path of being discovered as an artist to attending Concordia Seminary. In Extra Nos, FLAME dissects the misguided lyrics he used to write and details the truth he found in Lutheranism.
While FLAME’s faith journey and life may be unique, readers will recognize the forgiveness, kindness, and healing nature of Lutheranism.
Theological topics and literary features found in each book of the Bible
Significant events, people, and places found in detailed outlines and maps
Biblical reflections from Martin Luther and Johann Gerhard
Color photography and art illustrating stories, daily life, and landscapes (600+)
Hardback. 2 volumes. 1,128 and 1,016 pages.
The font size is 11 point.
God, I Need to Talk to You about Worrying applies God’s invitation to His children to pray about everything and His promise to listen. Colorfully illustrated and written from a child’s point of view, this book describes everyday situations children encounter, along with the reassurance that even if something bad happens, God still is with His children and loves and cares for them. Comforted by God’s promises to always be with His children and listen to their prayers, children finish the story reminded of God’s love for them.
God, I Need to Talk to You about Being Patient applies God’s invitation to His children to pray about everything and His promise to listen. Colorfully illustrated and written from a child’s point of view, this book describes everyday situations children encounter, along with the reassurance that even though His children are not always patient, God will forgive them and help them to be patient. Comforted by God’s promises to always forgive, help, and listen to prayers, children finish the story reminded of God’s love for them.
God, I Need to Talk to You about Loving Others applies God’s invitation to His children to pray about everything and His promise to listen. Colorfully illustrated and written from a child’s point of view, this book describes everyday situations children encounter, along with the message that God made each of His children to be different and that He blesses them with friends. Comforted by God’s promise to always listen to prayers, children finish the story reminded of God’s love for them.
Author Rev. Dr. Adam T. Filipek gives you the key to understanding how your life story—yes, your story today—is interwoven with the life of Christ in the Bible. Piece together each of the narratives in the Old and New Testament to see how God has grafted your life onto the beautiful saving life of Christ.
Life in Christ will take you through the Bible chronologically, giving you an important overview of the historical retellings so you can understand the timeline of His Word. See how God is working in your day-to-day through each of the Gospel books. As you piece together how these narrative threads are woven into one big picture, you will also see that the faith and Church are not about the individuals, but rather, it’s forever pointing back to the story of God’s Son and His sacrifice for humanity.
In this three-book series, Simon and his friends and family face danger, challenges, and struggles. But despite the peril they find themselves in, they are willing to do anything it takes to protect the Message worth dying for.
This set includes all three books in the series: Discovered, Concealed, and Revealed.
Luther’s Small Catechism for Kids is a resource on concepts from the 2017 Explanation of the catechism for elementary-aged students. They will learn tenets of faith through illustrations and easy-to-understand language.
This workbook is for use alongside the catechism for kids. Helping to explain the language, terminology, and contexts of the catechism, this student book allows for deeper understanding and engagement. Students will answer questions, practice memorization, learn definitions, and fill in the blanks.
This book intended for lay people, helps readers understand Jesus’ role and how these instances were beginning to lay the groundwork for His birth and ministry in the New Testament. Study the Old Testament through a Christ-centered lens in The Messianic Message and continue building your faith foundation and strengthening your relationship with the Messiah.
The next three books were given to the library by a member. We thank her for sharing with us.
It is a dangerous tale of times past. A love story full of deep seduction. A story of terrible longing and bold sacrifice.
Then as now, evil begins its courtship cloaked in light. And the heart embraces what it should flee. Forgetting it once had a truer lover.
With a kiss, evil will ravage body, soul, and mind. Yet there remains hope, because the heart knows no bounds.
Love will prove greater than lust. Sacrifice will overcome seduction. And blood will flow.
Because the battle for the heart is always violently opposed. For those desperate to drink deep from this fountain of life, enter.
But remember, not everyone is for this story.
An urgent message summons Quentin to Castle Askelon. The king, who is dying, wishes to name the brave young man his successor. But first, he sends him on an unfathomable mission.
What Quentin and his friend Toli, the Jher horseman, discover is not for the cowardly. The brightening Wolf Star is an omen of impending evil that might herald the beginning of the end of mankind on earth. It signifies Nin, a fearsome giant of a man who hopes to add Mensandor to his growing empire. Along with his merciless warlords, they are the fulfillment of a nightmarish prophecy.
In The Warlords of Nin, the second book in The Dragon King Trilogy, Stephen R. Lawhead continues the mythical saga that began with In the Hall of the Dragon King.
Following the beacon of Auralia’s colors and the footsteps of a mysterious dream-creature, King Cal-raven has discovered a destination for his weary crowd of refugees. It’s a city only imagined in legendary tales. And it gives him hope to establish New Abascar.
But when Cal-raven is waylaid by fortune hunters, his people become vulnerable to a danger more powerful than the prowling beastmen––House Bel Amica. In this oceanside kingdom of wealth, enchantment, and beauty, deceitful Seers are all too eager to ensnare House Abascar’s wandering throng.
Even worse, the Bel Amicans have discovered Auralia’s colors, and are twisting a language of faith into a lie of corruption and control.
If there is any hope for the people of Abascar, it lies in the courage of Cyndere, daughter of Bel Amica’s queen; the strength of Jordam the beastman; and the fiery gifts of the ale boy, who is devising a rescue for prisoners of the savage Cent Regus beastmen.
As his faith suffers one devastating blow after another, Cal-raven’s journey is a perilous climb from despair to a faint gleam of hope––the vision he sees in Auralia’s colors.
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