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Bestselling author and pastor Francis Chan explains how abiding in the love of God frees us from insecurity and leads us into a lifetime of joyful, worshipful obedience. Despite pastoring for decades and reaching thousands of people through his books and preaching, Francis wrestled with deep-seated insecurity. He understood God’s love conceptually, but struggled to actually experience it. This resulted in a life that was far from the thrilling and peaceful life God saved us for.

Author Frances J. Roberts started a quiet phenomenon with her book Come Away My Beloved - and now her encouraging words are available in a fresh audio package. This powerful, lyrical book includes lightly updated text and scriptures from the New King James Version of the Bible, all challenging listeners to a deeper intimacy with God.

In Know You Are Beloved, popular Instagram influencer and English priest, Rev. Chris Lee, helps you escape the chaos and focus on who you are before God. With a series of short chapters, Rev Chris Lee takes you on an inspiring journey to meditate on essential truths that help you live your life with purpose and serenity, secure in the knowledge that your identity and worth are found in Jesus’ love for you.

Enter once more into the world behind the wardrobe—and discover what God wants to show you there. The Chronicles of Narnia Devotional invites you to step back into C.S. Lewis’s enchanted realm and experience its wonder, courage, and hope with fresh spiritual insight. As you go on an 50-day...

Do you ever find there is a Grand Canyon Gap between your knowledge of God and your actual experience of being loved by God? Do you see more spiritual weeds in your life than planted seeds? Do you long to cultivate a thriving, fruitful life in Christ? If you are searching for deeper meaning and purpose in living fully loved by God, you are not alone!

In this unique introduction to the hidden life in Christ, James Bryan Smith walks listeners through a thirty-day immersion in Colossians 3:1-17. Each of the thirty short chapters of this book bring out the main truth of just one word or phrase of this rich passage. You'll also find a very simple daily practice to take up, reflection questions, and a guide for five weeks of group discussion.

USA TODAY BESTSELLER | WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Includes live, archival audio footage documenting the eras of In-N-Out—perfect for In-N-Out superfans! Discover the official story of In-N-Out Burger––how three generations have created a thriving, family-owned company, why its fans are...

You're not what you do. You're not what you have. You are not what others say about you. You are God's beloved. Are you ever concerned that you don’t deserve to love and be loved because you are continually having to prove yourself? In You Are Beloved, Bobby Schuller shows you how to let go of...

In the final year before his death in 1996, Henri Nouwen wrote an account of the death of his friend Adam, a severely handicapped young man from L'Arche. In the story of Adam he found a way to describe his own understanding of the Gospel message. Adam could not speak or even move without assistance. Gripped by frequent seizures, he spent his life in obscurity. And yet, for Nouwen, he became his friend, teacher, and guide. It was Adam who led Nouwen to a new understanding of his faith and what it means to be Beloved of God.

As a social worker, jail chaplain, and justice advocate, Bethany Dearborn Hiser pushed herself to the brink of burnout - and then kept going. Stress, despair, and compassion fatigue overwhelmed her ability to function. She was called to serve the abused, addicted, and homeless people in her community. Yet she was emotionally and spiritually exhausted. Something needed to change. Searching for answers, Hiser learned that trauma affects everyone who is exposed to it - not only those experiencing firsthand violence, homelessness, and addiction, but also those who are trying to help. 

Celebrate the release of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood starring Tom Hanks with an inside look at Mister Rogers' spiritual legacy. For more than 30 years, Fred Rogers was the kindly neighbor of children worldwide. Why were kids drawn to him? Mining personal interviews and correspondence...

The Church Cracked Open invites us to surrender privilege and redefine church, not just for the sake of others, but for our own salvation and liberation.

Discipleship is broken. We have traded encounter for information, transformation for behavior modification, and intimacy for escape. Seven Strands That Block or Build Identity offers a fresh look at applied discipleship. The construct is rooted in Being (who you are), Beholding (whose you are), and Becoming (love in action). This book reveals the interpretive frameworks that undergird identity—and guides us back to God's original design: the Beloved transfigured and fully alive.

Pastor Jamin Goggin and theology professor Kyle Strobel provide a path to abiding with God. We were formed from the dust, but we were made for life with God. We often accept less. We make promises and set goals to try and grow, but holiness seems impossible. But the Christian life is not about...

These 100 love letters are a royal escort to the real you. They are spoken through the totally human and totally divine being of Jesus, identifying himself as “The Christ in You” to emphasize the true nature of your own being as unique, eternal, immutable, and holy. They were written to help each of us transcend polarity and to usher us into the integrity—the unity—of being.

In the award-winning "Don't Disappoint Daddy: A Story of Abuse, Abortion, and Acceptance in the Beloved", you'll walk with a woman who grew up believing love had to be earned and punishment avoided at all costs — even from God. When abuse and fear warp her sense of worth, religion only deepens the shame. Told with unflinching honesty, spiritual insight, and unexpected tenderness, this memoir is more than a recounting—it's a revelation.

Beloved Chosen Empowered is for anyone who’s ever felt too broken, too far gone, or too sinful to be loved by God. If you’ve ever asked, How could God love someone like me? This book is for you. In a world that defines us by our failures and fears, God speaks a deeper truth: You were created beloved, chosen for relationship, and empowered with purpose. Your sin doesn't disqualify you, it’s the very reason God’s love and grace are so powerful.

For too many people, God feels distant, a judge keeping score, a master demanding performance, or a father who disappointed or disappeared. So we strive, achieve, and exhaust ourselves trying to be enough. But what if everything changed when you discovered you were already beloved? Father's Heart to Beloved Identity is an intimate encounter with God as He truly is, not a demanding master but a devoted Father speaking directly to you.

The Little Women Devotional offers lovely inspiration that explores the themes of faith, family, contentment, wisdom, and joy in the classic Louisa May Alcott novel, cherished by generations of readers and listeners. Each reading corresponds with a chapter from the book and invites you to embrace God’s guiding hand in your life as His cherished daughter. Each reading in this chapter-by-chapter devotional includes examples from the novel, scripture, life application, and prayers perfect for groups, book clubs, or personal reflection.

Read by the author. Discover the life-changing answer to your soul's deepest question: Am I loved? In Fully Beloved, author and pastor Timothy Jones leads you on a spiritually nourishing exploration of how God's nature of love really impacts your life, bringing deep healing, richer connection...