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The Critical Role of Christian Counseling

Dr. Clinton’s top Christian Counseling resources

Take a look at these three counseling books recommended by the president of the American Association of Christian Counselors:

Christian Counseling: A Comprehensive Guide

This proven guide in pastoral counseling has been extensively expanded and revised by the author to include recent developments and research, new resources, and attention to newly urgent needs such as AIDS, eating disorders, homosexuality, and violence. Written with clarity and sensitivity, this volume builds on biblical foundations and the best resources of professional psychology. It reflects the insights the author has gained from many years of Christian counseling. Dr. Bob Kellemen says, “the text now stands as a classic and one historical researchers will cull for years to come.”

Get Christian Counseling: A Comprehensive Guide.

The Quick-Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling

Hurting people need help. But sometimes those who are faced with helping the hurting could use a little more information about the problems people bring to them. The Quick-Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling provides the answers.

This A–Z guide gives pastors, counselors, and everyday believers the information they need to help congregants, clients, and friends in a wide array of situations.

Get The Quick-Reference Guide to Biblical Counseling.

Love and Respect: The Love She Most Desires, the Respect He Desperately Needs


Based upon Ephesians 5:33 and extensive biblical and psychological research, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs reveals the power of unconditional love and unconditional respect and how husbands and wives can reap the benefits of marriage that God intended.

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Learn more about atonement

In Introducing Bible Doctrine III: Humanity, Sin, and Salvation, Dr. Carl Sanders and Dr. Ronn Johnson discuss the theological importance of humanity’s creation in the image of God, separation from a relationship with God because of sin, biblical concepts of atonement and justification, and the ultimate destiny of believers. The course also considers theological approaches to related issues such as corporate human relationships, gender, race, and the value of work.

Together, these two professors want you to:

  • Be familiar with how theology informs our understanding of humanity and human relationships
  • Grasp the impact of sin on the relationship between God and humankind
  • Be able to think theologically about humanity’s estranged relationship to God
  • Understand God’s plan for human salvation
  • Understand the consistency between the OT and NT concepts of salvation
  • Be familiar with various views of the atonement
  • Understand God’s goal in glorification of those humans who embrace his salvation

Get Introducing Bible Doctrine III: Humanity, Sin, and Salvation.

Check out the Tyndale Commentaries

The Tyndale Commentary Series has long been a trusted resource for Bible study. Written by some of the world’s most distinguished evangelical scholars, each book offers clear, reliable, and relevant expositions.

Craig Blomberg says, “The Tyndale volumes have long been the premier shorter-length commentary series on both Testaments throughout the English-speaking world.” The series is designed to help the reader understand what the Bible says and what it means. The introduction to each book gives a concise but thorough treatment of its authorship, date, original setting and purpose. Following a structural analysis, the commentary takes the book section-by-section, drawing out its main themes. Each volume also comments on individual verses and problems of interpretation. The aim throughout is to explain the true meaning of the Bible and make its message plain.

Get Tyndale Commentaries today!

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A Narrow View of Jesus Can Make You Miss the Point of the Gospel

Rediscover The Original Jesus

From hit songs to bumper stickers to football eye-black, Jesus is trending high wherever you look. But at the end of the day, many “try Jesus” and come away disappointed in the experience. That’s because the Jesus of popular culture looks much more like us than the God-man who appeared in the flesh two thousand years ago. We’ve developed plenty of imposter Jesuses that feed into our selfish desires—Guru Jesus, Braveheart Jesus, Dr. Phil Jesus, Free-Range Jesus. The problem is, they don’t have the power to save us or transform us into new creations.

The Original Jesus calls us back to the Jesus who demands our worship—the potter who molds us, the clay. Seekers, skeptics, and sojourners in the way of faith will see Jesus for who he really is: God in the flesh, calling us to surrender our very lives that we may truly live.

Add The Original Jesus to your library now!

Get Derek Kidner’s book on Ecclesiastes

“Vanity of Vanities,” says the Preacher, “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” (Ecclesiastes 1:2) Is that what life is all about? A wisp of vapor, a puff of wind, a mere breath—nothing you can get your hands on—the nearest thing to zero? So says the Preacher in the book of Ecclesiastes. But is this the whole message of Ecclesiastes?

Derek Kidner introduces this book of Ecclesiastes, which speaks so powerfully, to our generation. His love of Hebrew poetry and his understanding of biblical mind shine through in this book.

Get The Message of Ecclesiastes today!

See the Old Testament in high definition

The Old Testament writers used a variety of literary and grammatical devices to guide their audience. Some of these devices function to attract attention to important information, while others served to push less important information into the background. Some were used simply to grab your attention, alerting you that something important or surprising was about to happen. The ability to identify what these devices are and where they occur in the text will be a valuable help for your Bible study. Until very recently, these kinds of tools have only been accessible to those who have invested years and years of study in the Hebrew language and linguistics.

In the Lexham High Definition Old Testament the text is marked up with visual representations for a variety of discourse devices. Hovering over any of the devices gives you a pop-up window with a concise definition, allowing you to stay right in the text. Right clicking on the device gives you the option to jump to the glossary for a definition, explanation, illustrations, and questions to ask yourself to understand why the author used that specific device. Since all of these devices are tagged, you can even search for the various devices across the entire Old Testament or in a specific corpus of Scripture.

Get the Lexham High Definition Old Testament today.

Save on titles about Christian living and more this month!

Throughout the month of July, you can save on key titles on subjects such as Christian living, New Testament studies, and more. There’s even a collection of works on Christian living to help deepen your walk with God.

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The Christian’s #1 Defense Against Legalism

Rediscover The Original Jesus

From hit songs to bumper stickers to football eye-black, Jesus is trending high wherever you look. But at the end of the day, many “try Jesus” and come away disappointed in the experience. That’s because the Jesus of popular culture looks much more like us than the God-man who appeared in the flesh two thousand years ago. We’ve developed plenty of imposter Jesuses that feed into our selfish desires—Guru Jesus, Braveheart Jesus, Dr. Phil Jesus, Free-Range Jesus. The problem is, they don’t have the power to save us or transform us into new creations.

The Original Jesus calls us back to the Jesus who demands our worship—the potter who molds us, the clay. Seekers, skeptics, and sojourners in the way of faith will see Jesus for who he really is: God in the flesh, calling us to surrender our very lives that we may truly live.

Preorder The Original Jesus today!

How do you face change?

Whether chosen and celebrated—like going off to college or welcoming your first baby—or unexpected and anxiety-inducing–like losing a job or grappling with a broken trust—all change brings stress. Kristen Strong knows about change—especially the kind you didn’t choose or expect. What she’s fought hard to learn over the years is that change is not something to be feared but something to be received as a blessing from a God who, more often than not, works through change, not in spite of it. Strong has learned to see change not as a grievance but as a grace.

In this hope-filled book, she shows women how when we follow God’s will, we receive blessings of contentment, purpose, and renewed strength. She encourages women to see change not as the end of their story but as the scenery for this part of life’s journey. And she offers practical advice for coping with change in every part of life. Anyone who has struggled to adjust to life’s transitions will welcome this warm and personal perspective.

Get Girl Meets Change today.

Get Dr. Heiser’s new book, The Unseen Realm!

The psalmist declared that God presides over an assembly of divine beings (Psa. 82:1). Who are they? What does it mean when those beings participate in God’s decisions (1 Kings 22:19–23)? Why wasn’t Eve surprised when the serpent spoke to her? Why are Yahweh and his Angel fused together in Jacob’s prayer (Gen. 48:15–16)? How did descendants of the Nephilim (Gen. 6:4) survive the flood (Num. 13:33)? What are we to make of Peter and Jude’s belief in imprisoned spirits (2 Pet. 2:4; Jude 6)? Why does Paul describe evil spirits in terms of geographical rulership (thrones, principalities, rulers, authorities)? Who are the “glorious ones” that even angels dare not rebuke (2 Pet. 2:10–11)?

The Unseen Realm presents the fruit of Dr. Heiser’s fifteen years of research into what the Bible really says about the unseen world of the supernatural. His goal is to help readers view the biblical text unfiltered by tradition or by theological presuppositions. “People shouldn’t be protected from the Bible,” Dr. Heiser says. But theological systems often do just that, by “explaining away” difficult or troublesome passages of Scripture because their literal meaning doesn’t fit into our tidy systems.

Get The Unseen Realm right now!

Save on titles about Christian living and more this month!

Throughout the month of July, you can save on key titles on subjects such as Christian living, New Testament studies, and more. There’s even a collection of works on Christian living to help deepen your walk with God.

Browse July’s sale titles now!