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If discipling your children sounds like a daunting, shame-filled impossibility, you're not alone. As a children's pastor and father of four, Chris Ammen has experienced your frustration firsthand and understands that most parents feel inadequate for the task. But what if our inadequacy isn't a failure, but is just the place from which God chooses to work? In his debut book, Chris celebrates the freedom we have to disciple our children from a place of weakness and dependency on God while uncovering these key truths.

Whether a child has been in a loving and supportive home from day one or has been bounced from one house to another in the foster care system, parenting them is messy. A former street kid, Peter Mutabazi knows what it feels like to grow up in a world where love, caring, and kindness are nowhere to be found. But as the adoptive father of three and a foster dad to more than forty children, he also knows what a difference it makes when a child experiences the positive influence of an attentive and loving parent.

Boys today are surrounded by accusations that their very existence is toxic, told that their biological makeup is a problem and that the future is female. As Christian moms, we have the responsibility and privilege of teaching our boys what is true about who they are and what isn't. But how do we grow these tiny (and somewhat smelly) wild things into godly men of character?

Becoming a mother was harder than I thought it would be. It was a whirlwind of unimaginable highs and unspeakable lows all mixed together. I began my journey with big dreams and a detailed birth plan. Somewhere along the road, however, I found myself gasping for air while rocking a baby. During the whole first season of motherhood, the lingering question in my head was constantly “Am I Doing This Right?”. How would I know and who should I ask? This area of my life was not one I was willing to fumble through blindly. I needed a roadmap to be a good mom!

In Beautiful Chaos, Infinite Love, Benjamin Edwards invites you on a journey through the ups and downs of parenting, using humor, raw honesty, and heartfelt reflections to reveal the heart of the ultimate Father. From diaper blowouts to bedtime snuggles, every moment holds a deeper truth about grace, growth, and the relentless love of God.

Christian parents long to instill a lasting faith in our children, but the challenge of balancing spiritual teaching with academic, extracurricular, and social demands can be overwhelming. Many feel inadequate or unqualified to lead their children spiritually. In Homegrown Disciples, David Sunde offers seven rhythms to help disciplemaking parents know God better, experience him more fully, and leverage their faith for the benefit of their children.

Do you ever ask the universe, "Why me?" Do you know someone to whom many bad things have happened? Well, that's me. I have wondered if I was cursed. Did I do something bad in a previous life that I am paying penance for in this one? I mean, I have been in three tornadoes. My life has been filled with tragedies from the start. You know things are bad when you are constantly told you should write a book. So I did! My faith has been tested over and over again. Hopefully, this will give someone else the courage and faith to get through something they are going through.

'And be ye kind to another', begins Ephesians 4:32. Christians are called to this standard, but how seriously do we take it? In The Law of Kindness, Mary Beeke examines the idea of kindness, shows how it is developed, and gives helpful advice for putting it into action, with specific chapters addressed to wives, husbands, parents, teachers, and children. Listeners will be struck by their own lack of kindness, captivated by God's kindness toward us in Jesus Christ, and motivated to cultivate more of this precious virtue.

In this timeless spiritual classic, Florence Scovel Shinn reveals that life is not a battleground—but a beautifully designed game, governed by metaphysical laws and divine intention. First published in 1925, The Game of Life and How to Play It has helped millions understand the power of words, faith, imagination, and intuition in shaping their reality.

An interactive, yearlong journey through the entire Bible for families—Part of the USA Today bestselling series with the original The Bible in 52 Weeks! Make Bible study even more meaningful by getting the whole family involved! This Bible study guide features a weekly reading plan to lead...

Have you ever wondered if there's more to the biblical teachings on submission and headship than what you've been taught? What if the traditional understanding has missed the point entirely? With careful examination of biblical texts, original language, and historical context, she reveals how our cultural blind spots have led us to distort Paul's revolutionary message into something that looks more like worldly dominance than Christ's Kingdom.

In Beauty Is Your Destiny, Philip Ryken provides listeners with an introduction to the theology and practice of beauty, striving to awaken a longing for beauty that he explains “can only be satisfied in the face of Jesus Christ.”

Retired and relaxing at the pool on a hot, sunny Texas afternoon was the perfect way to start summer early. Life was perfect. So they thought. Clark and his wife, Jamie, are the proud parents of two adopted girls. Clark is a Christian who became a believer in adulthood. His faith has been his guide and was the foundation of how he and his wife raised the children. Life was perfect. Suddenly, life was not perfect. In fact, Clark and Jamie lived Job’s life from the Old Testament. It seemed as if everything around them was being taken from them. Life was no longer perfect.

Read by the authors. An insightful, powerful path forward for couples, whether you're in a struggling marriage or simply looking for ways to enhance and strengthen your relationship. Marriage is hard for all kinds of reasons--financial struggles, parenting styles, personality differences...

There will always be limits to what you can do for your teen girl. But there are never any limits to what you can pray—and what God can do.

The teen years are an emotional roller coaster in your son's life, rife with difficulties, insecurities, temptations, and opportunities to make unwise decisions. He still needs you . . . but sometimes you honestly don't know what to do. Navigating these complicated teen years with her own sons, author Brooke McGlothlin offers wisdom and practical help from the trenches—along with over ninety Scripture-inspired prayers—to help you fight for your son, not against him.

In her much-anticipated debut book, compelling and sought-after Bible teacher Jada Edwards schools us all on how to transform our relationship with both God and others (yes, even those we don’t like!). In short, Jada reveals how we often get love wrong. But with the right definition and expression of love, so much can change—including our relationships.

Inspired by the first season of the Hard Things podcast, this book is a heartfelt journey through the real struggles and triumphs of motherhood and marriage—rooted in faith, obedience, and God’s divine purpose. As wives and mothers, we face overwhelming responsibilities, tough decisions, and moments of doubt. But through every challenge, God calls us to trust Him, seek His wisdom, and walk in obedience—even when it doesn’t make sense.

Don't hesitate--today is the day! Jesus is graciously waiting for you to acknowledge Him, to come to Him. While you are waiting to invite Him into your life, He is forever there waiting for you, His arms open wide, lovingly resigned. He will forgive all your sins and send you the helper, the Holy Spirit, to guide, encourage, and teach you always. In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of Promise.

Over half of the people in the United States will experience the splitting up of their parents, statistics say. Yet no matter how "normal" divorce becomes, it always inflicts a profound wound on families—not only the parents, but the children, whether young or grown. The children of divorce are fractured on the level of their very being: heart, mind, and soul. If left untended, this break could pain them for the rest of their lives, tingeing their relationships, their faith, and their capacity for joy.