Second Samuel.

Author: Precept Upon Precept,
/ DVD / Adults
Location: Main Library   Studies   221   PRE  
Summary: Lectures by Kay Arthur for the Second Samuel Precepts class. Each lecture approximately one hour.
Publisher: Precepts Ministries International
Subjects: Precept Upon Precept series   BIBLE - OLD TESTAMENT\BIBLE - STUDY
(Added: 10/28/2018)
Note: 8 DVDs in album.    
 

Joey: how a blind rescue horse helped others learn to see.

Author: Bleakley, Jennifer Marshall
2018 / Book / Young Adult
Location: Main Library   360   BLE    
Summary: The last thing Kim Tschirret needed was one more problem. But when she met Joey, a former prizewinning jumper who had been abandoned, neglected, and malnourished to the point of blindness, she saw in him the same God-given potential she saw in every abused and abandoned child her ministry, Hope Reins, was created to serve.
Publisher: Tyndale Momentum
Subjects:   MINISTRY\ANIMALS\INSPIRATIONAL
(Added: 10/28/2018)
   
 

Christy.

Author: Marshall, Catherine
2017 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   FIC   MAR    
Summary: A novel based on the true story of Catherine Marshall's mother. The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions.
Publisher: Evergreen Farm/Gilead Publishing
Subjects:   HISTORICAL FICTION\EDUCATION\MISSIONS
(Added: 10/28/2018)
Note: Originally published 1967. Special edition, 2017.    
 

Healing where it hurts.

Author: Moore, James W.
2008 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   150   MOO    
Summary: Pastoral guidance and consolation for the times when you need a word of healing.
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Subjects:   PERSONAL GROWTH\HEALING
(Added: 10/19/2018)
Note: Includes study guide.    
 

Superbook explorer, volume 17.

Author: Superbook,
2018 / DVD / Junior
Location: Children's Library   J   DVD   221   SUP
Summary: Two Bible stories, "Nebuchadnezzar's Dream" and "Nehemiah," plus Bible background information, signposts revealing how these stories point to Jesus as Messiah, a drawing lesson "How to Draw Nehemiah," and a music video, "Endless Adventure."
Publisher: The Christian Broadcasting Network
Subjects: Superbook Explorer series, volume 17.   BIBLE - OLD TESTAMENT
(Added: 10/19/2018)
Note: Combined run time: 72 minutes. See inside album for segment times. Spanish audio and closed captions included.    
 

Hero tales: volume 2.

Author: Jackson, Dave
1997 / Book / Junior
Location: Children's Library   J   BIO   JAC  
Summary: Short biographies of 15 missionaries, evangelists, and other Christian heroes. A family treasury of true stories.
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Subjects:   BIOGRAPHY\MISSIONS\EVANGELISM
(Added: 10/19/2018)
   
 

Melissa: a father's lessons from a daughter's suicide.

Author: Page, Frank
2013 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   248.8   PAG    
Summary: A book of wisdom and hope that Page wishes he could have read before going through this valley, and a resource the church can use to directly address an all-too-real problem.
Publisher: B & H Publishing Group
Subjects:   GRIEF\DEATH\MINISTRY
(Added: 10/19/2018)
   
 

The wonder years: 40 women over 40: on aging, faith, beauty and strength.

Author: Fields, Leslie Leyland, editor
2018 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   646   FIE    
Summary: Women provide much-needed role models for aging honestly, beautifully, and faithfully. Aging anxieties are tackled head on--with humor, sass, and spiritual wisdom.
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Subjects:   WOMEN\AGING
(Added: 10/19/2018)
   
 

Overcomer: 8 ways to live a life of unstoppable strength, unmovable faith, and unbelievable power.

Author: Jeremiah, David
2018 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   248   JER    
Summary: Uses Paul's instructions in Ephesians 6 to lay out a pathway for spiritual victory by putting on the armor of God.
Publisher: W Publishing Group
Subjects:   CHRISTIAN LIFE\BIBLE - NEW TESTAMENT
(Added: 10/19/2018)
   
 

When the world takes the wind out of your sails.

Author: Moore, James W.
2010 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   248   MOO    
Summary: When we feel down and out, we want someone to help us, to reassure us, to encourage us, to deliver us, to save us. We want someone with love and strength to hold us up and see us through. That is precisely what the Christian faith is about.
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Subjects:   CHRISTIAN LIFE\PERSONAL GROWTH\GRIEF\EMOTIONAL HEALTH
(Added: 10/19/2018)
Note: Includes discussion guide.    
 

At Jesus' side.

Author: Phase 4 Films.,
2007 / DVD / Junior
Location: Children's Library   J   DVD   225   PHA
Summary: Brings the teachings of Jesus to life for today's families through the story of five misfit animals on a journey towards love and forgiveness. Our hero, Jericho, is a vagabond street dog who befriends Jesus and follows him throughout the last week of his life to the resurrection. After Jesus' arrest at Gethsemane, Jericho rallies an epic charge of animal friends to try to save Jesus from his fate.
Publisher: God's Dream LLC/Tundra Productions
Subjects:   JESUS CHRIST
(Added: 9/28/2018)
Note: Run time: 82 minutes. Rated PG for some menace. Special features included.    
 

Jonathan Edwards.

Author: Carr, Simonetta
2014 / Book / Junior
Location: Children's Library   J   BIO   EDW  
Summary: Edwards is often remembered as the preacher of a scary sermon about God's anger, but he was actually one of the greatest thinkers America has produced. This book traces the events of Edwards' life from a young student interested in science to husband and father, pastor, leader of the Great Awakening, missionary, writer, and college president in Colonial America.
Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
Subjects: Christian Biographies for Young Readers   CHURCH HISTORY\UNITED STATES
(Added: 9/28/2018)
   
 

Martin Luther.

Author: Carr, Simonetta
2016 / Book / Junior
Location: Children's Library   J   BIO   LUT  
Summary: Five hundred years ago, a monk tried to start a discussion about sin and repentance in Germany. In a few years, his questions upset and changed not only his country but all of Europe! This is the story of the Protestant Reformation and Luther's heroic stand for God's truth.
Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
Subjects: Christian Biographies for Young Readers   LUTHER, MARTIN\CHURCH HISTORY
(Added: 9/28/2018)
   
 

Marie Durand.

Author: Carr, Simonetta
2015 / Book / Junior
Location: Children's Library   J   BIO   DUR  
Summary: In 1730, nineteen-year-old Marie was arrested in France for the crime of having a brother who was a Protestant preacher. She spent the next thirty-eight years in prison, but refused to give up her faith, and lived her life in service to Christ and to other prisoners.
Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books
Subjects: Christian Biographies for Young Readers   CHURCH HISTORY\EUROPE
(Added: 9/28/2018)
   
 

Intimacy with Christ: her letters now in modern English.

Author: Guyon, Jeanne
2001 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   240   GUY    
Summary: Spiritual insight and counsel from church history's best-known woman. Her words speak to you of how to know your Lord intimately. She lights up the precious and powerful value of fellowshipping, not only with your Lord, but also with other believers.
Publisher: The Seed Sowers
Subjects:   SPIRITUAL LIFE\DEVOTIONAL LITERATURE
(Added: 9/28/2018)
Note: Formerly titled: Guyon Speaks Again.    
 

Money matters in church: a practical guide for leaders.

Author: Malphurs, Aubrey
2007 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   254   MAL    
Summary: Creating a culture of giving that supports savvy, faithful, and legal financial practices. How to develop donors and maximize contributions, plus policies and structures for developing a strategic budget, audit process, projecting income and expenses, and much more.
Publisher: Baker Books
Subjects:   FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT\CHURCH ADMINISTRATION
(Added: 9/28/2018)
   
 

Grace revealed: finding God's strength in any crisis.

Author: Sievert, Fred
2018 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   150   SIE    
Summary: Inspirational examples of God's loving grace and power in the crises of life, whether health problems, emotional issues, career challenges, gut-wrenching losses, or personal failures. Some situations may be a result of your own choices, while others may be completely out of your control..
Publisher: BroadStreet Publishing Group
Subjects:   PERSONAL GROWTH\HEALING
(Added: 9/28/2018)
Note: Church member Joe Minarik's testimony on pp. 109-118.    
 

Letters from home: I loved ya before I even met ya.

Author: Free, Barry K.
2017 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   248.8   FRE    
Summary: Touching reflection on his process of coming to terms with the loss of his wife. He is able to clearly identify and describe what many people feel but many not be able to put into words.
Publisher: 48HrBooks
Subjects:   DEATH\GRIEF
(Added: 9/28/2018)
   
 

Red letter Christians: a citizen's guide to faith and politics.

Author: Campolo, Tony
2008 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   320   CAM    
Summary: Believing that Jesus is neither a Republican nor a Democrat, "red letter" Christians attempt to transcend partisan politics and concentrate on issues viewed through a moral and biblical lens. Campolo examines many of the hot-button issues facing evangelicals from the perspective of Jesus' red-letter words in the Bible, such as the environment, war, the AIDS crisis, Palestine, education, gun control, the role of government, and choosing the right kind of candidate.
Publisher: Regal/Gospel Light.
Subjects:   POLITICS\SOCIAL ISSUES
(Added: 9/28/2018)
   
 

Everybody, always: becoming love in a world full of setbacks and difficult people.

Author: Goff, Bob
2018 / Book / Adults
Location: Main Library   Studies   248   GOF  
Summary: An entertaining and inspiring follow-up to the bestselling "Love Does." Takes readers on a journey into the secret of living without fear, constraint, or worry: love people, even the difficult ones, without distinction and without limits.
Publisher: Nelson Books
Subjects:   CHRISTIAN LIFE\LOVE
(Added: 9/21/2018)