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Recommended Books and Courses
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Success is not only about what you will accomplish. It's ultimately about who you will become. Chris and Carol Green were leading while bleeding and hardly anyone knew. Eventually they were forced to stop, rest, retreat and reset.
"We learned that you can't ignore trauma by trying to be who and what others need you to be for them. We had to rediscover who God actually always intended for us to be for Him."
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In a strategic response to the generational crisis of fatherless and broken homes, Chris Green, writes to his sons from the front lines of the battle to rebuild, restore and renew the role of honor for men.
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Many people struggle when it comes to understanding seasons. Contrary to Pop-Theology, we don't decree or declare our seasons. We must DISCERN our seasons.
Our lives are connected to the on-going cycle of seasons which we cannot control, but we must learn to anticipate and navigate.
Eric Mason, DMin
Followers of Jesus face many challenges to their faith, among them the rising influence of contemporary cults, alternative theologies, and ethical issues that challenge traditionally held beliefs and practices.
Recommended Course
Basic Christian Beliefs Explained
This course is an essential primer of basic Christianity and apologetics that every Believer should know. It features the acclaimed British theologian and Bible teacher, Brian Edwards
Amethyst Roberson, LPC, NCC
In a refreshingly practical compact manual. Amethyst Roberson serves up 30 bite-sized chapters: helping women discover healing, empowerment, and restoration. By the end of this book, you will understand the steps needed to discover – (H.E.R) HEALING, EMPOWERMENT & RESTORATION.
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Biblical Sexuality Volume 2 provides fresh insight into the spiritual nature of sexual intimacy. The author sets forth the spiritual significance of the sexual covenants we enter and the impact they may have upon future generations. This resource provides prophetic insights and strategies to address the growing sexuality crisis that cultures are facing worldwide.
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Biblical Sexuality Volume 5 builds upon the primary thesis of the Biblical Sexuality Series; “Sex is a spiritual act that is governed by spiritual laws. When spiritual laws are violated, spiritual penalties result.” This volume addresses the spiritual and emotional penalties of sexual sin. It highlights the origin and nature of Ungodly Soul Ties (UGSTs) and the impact they have upon those who have been sexually ensnared.
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Biblical Sexuality Volume 8: Traditional marriage is under attack by political forces seeking to redefine it. Individual marriages are under attack by spiritual forces seeking to weaken them by destroying the foundation upon which they were established. Marriage redefined distorts our view of who God is and weak marriages lack the intimacy needed to thrive.
Family & Community
My Hope America
Learn how to host a MY HOPE showing in your home, school, community center, business, or church.
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Prepare your heart and mind for life-principle coaching and guidance because this was written to help the individuals and couples who sincerely desire to build a legacy of love, in spite of family histories riddled with desertions, divorce and disappointment. Through their raw stories, memories, reflections and anecdotes, you will relive their journey, gleaning answers, wisdom and understanding for your own marriage and family relationships.
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Originally published in 2015, this book is a Chris and Carol Green's revised assembly of prayerful strategies and purposeful applications that can help us rebuild, restore and renew our hearts and homes in spite of the challenges of these evil and perilous times.
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Transition and change are usually very difficult and often painful. Many people have made their worst decisions during moments they were in a crisis. Chris Green presents eight nuggets of wisdom to help guide you successfully through the labyrinth of disappointment, doubt, discouragement, detours and distraction.
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Seven Laws of the Teacher
This free instructional course will help home-gathering leaders, parents, or group facilitators, become more effective in their teaching roles. It will renew your thinking about teaching and unleash your effectiveness as a communicator of biblical truth. This material is from Howard Hendricks, who taught for 52 years at Dallas Theological Seminary.
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Dallas Theological Seminary: We have trained thousands of pastors and teachers over the past nine decades. We want to train believers worldwide to know Scripture and allow it to bear fruit in their lives. That is why we’ve launched these free online courses. We believe the world desperately needs biblical truth, and these courses will help us reach and teach more people than ever before.
Dr. Shakuntala (Rose) Reddy
LET'S BUILD A KINDER WORLD TOGETHER
Discover the power of kindness and see the transformation of the way the world responds to you and what you attract. Prof. Rose explores the importance of kindness and how it can change your life in this essential guide and tie-in to Civility.
Lisa Kessler-Peters
Come walk with Lisa as she takes you on a journey from death to life. Her testimony of how she was delivered from a life of addiction and trauma will inspire you to seek a deeper relationship with God.
Why I Tried to Die will grip you from the beginning through the end.
Sheila L. Clarke
This is a love story between a man, a woman, and their God that will take you on a relationship journey that will seem personal, relatable, and tangible. You will be taken from beginning struggles to ending victories. Not for the purpose of just enjoying a great read, but you will also be given scripturally-based, life-applicable principles that (if applied) can bring anyone to a place of healing in their broken relationships
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Biblical Sexuality Volume 3: This culture has little or no awareness of the true spiritual nature of human sexuality. Today’s sex saturated media only focuses on the physical dimension of the sex act. Failure to understand the true spiritual nature of sex has led to many tragedies. Volume 3 discusses some of the basic spiritual laws and principles that govern human sexuality.
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Biblical Sexuality Volume 6: The Samson and Delilah affair offers an extraordinary opportunity to study how ungodly soul ties negatively impact the behavior, the emotions, and the decision making capacity of those who have become sexually ensnared. Many emotional and or psychological problems have a spiritual origin. These problems are often rooted in ungodly soul ties.
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Biblical Sexuality Volume 9 explores the Sexual System God established to ensure Human Sexuality would function according to design. The growing sexual chaos, dysfunctionality, and gender confusion plaguing our society is proof there is a lack of understanding of how God’s Sexual System works. God’s Sexual System will allow us to experience the blessings of sexual intimacy.
T.D. Jakes and Steve Furtick
Bishop T.D. Jakes and Pastor Steven have an inspiring conversation about entrepreneurship and leadership.
Learn how to build your vision from the ground up by making the most of your God-given opportunities.
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Responding with CARE
In this powerfully relevant book for our times, the creators of the CARE-Ready Life Coaching® model and initiatives reveal their highly recommended, tested, and proven people-connecting strategy. Their innovative "Listen, Lift, Launch" approach was built from years of successfully empowering those who live and work in under-served communities.
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Fight for Your Family
Fight for Your Family is a powerful compilation of family-fortifying proclamations and declarations that were released in weekly prayer gatherings. You will be encouraged, inspired and enlightened by these timely family-focused prayer strategies. As you read, you will be empowered to stand in the gap for your household. You will put on your spiritual armor and prepare to fight. You will pick up your tools of wisdom and begin to rebuild.
Recommended e-Books
Fruitful Life Literature to Rebuild, Restore and Renew Hearts and Homes
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Caring for People God’s Way will help equip you to respond to the growing needs and provide competent and compassionate care to those who are hurting. This course is a distance learning, video-based training program tailored just for you. It is biblically-based and features some of the best faculty in the world.
Drs. Clarence and Ja'Ola Walker
Breaking Generational Family Problems
Can We Talk?
Dare to Reconcile
Crazy Christian Communication
God Loves Single Parents
Maximizing the Marriages of Ministers
...and many more
Mark & Dr. Dawn Lawrence
Raising Them Special
Written with passion, honesty, and a real desire to see both parents and special needs individuals served with excellence; the Lawrences hope this book will encourage, support,and empower you to think creatively, serve faithfully, and recognize the greatness in each person no matter what the circumstances may be.
Lisa Kessler-Peters
Lisa pulls from her own experiences and education, breaking down walls of misinformation by revealing a transparent method of healing from childhood trauma and building healthy relationships.
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Biblical Sexuality Volume 1 introduces some of the spiritual laws governing human sexuality. This groundbreaking book establishes the idea that sex is more than a physical act and sexual intimacy impacts our spirit, soul, and body. This Volume introduces the reader to the Law of Cleaving, the Law of Union, Soul Ties, and the Law of Yielding and Bondage.
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Biblical Sexuality Volume 4 examines the Sexual Revolution which caused a major shift in the sexual morality in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This fresh and unique historical perspective will inform and prepare the reader for future sexual trends and presents a sexual perspective that is rooted in Biblical morality.
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Biblical Sexuality Volume 7: The author expands our understanding of the Biblical standard for human sexuality by exploring the origins of some of the spiritual traumas inflicted upon those who violate the spiritual laws governing human sexuality. Discover why what you do not see can wound and devastate you and your children.
Family & Community
Fruitful Life Home Church Connections
The Fruitful Life House Church Connection provides an alternative way for people, who are seeking God, to connect in smaller groups and environments, similar to those which constituted all of the churches of the New Testament era. Our attendees have called this Connection an oasis and a safe haven that has given them healing, encouragement, and practical wisdom & insight for real life.
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