{"title":"Live Different","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"9781784981204-dealing-with-disappointment-how-to-know-joy-when-life-doesnt-feel-great-hindley-john","title":"Dealing with Disappointment: How to know joy when life doesn't feel great","description":"\u003c!-- FXB161226 --\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife is disappointing. And disappointment can so easily come to dominate our life - the nagging thought in the back of our minds, and the constant 'but' colouring all our pleasures. \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nIn this realistic, hope-filled book, John Hindley shows how to deal with disappointment - what it is, what it does, and how to learn to live with the disappointments while also knowing joy. \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\"... Allows us to be honest about our disappointments, and then invites us to view them with a great purpose, a new perspective, and an unshakeable hope. A wonderful combination of biblical insight and down to earth wisdom.\" \u003cbr\u003e\n- Tim Chester, Pastor and Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Good Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10490408009771,"sku":"9781784981204","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/products\/9781784981204-Hindley-Dealing-with-disappointment.jpg?v=1600072257"},{"product_id":"9781784981389-perfect-sinners-see-yourself-as-god-sees-you-fuller-matt","title":"Perfect Sinners: See yourself as God sees you","description":"\u003c!-- FXB170501 --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow am I meant to feel as a Christian? You can go to an evangelical church on a Sunday and be told: \"Christian, you are loved by God, no matter what you've done. God could not love you more than He does.\" You can go to another evangelical church and be told: \"You're a wretched sinner\". The emphasis can feel very different, and yet both churches are teaching truth. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Holding both truths together in balance can be tricky but it's essential for healthy Christian living. Over-emphasising one at the expense of the other causes all sorts of problems. Perfect Sinners will help us keep the balance, as we distinguish between our 'status' before God and our 'walk' with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/files\/9781784981389-perfect-sinners-see-yourself-as-god-sees-you-fuller-matt.pdf?v=1648032014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eView excerpt here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"It's not only Biblically rich and beautifully written with quite brilliant stories and illustrations. It addresses supremely important questions that members of our congregations often ask about salvation in Christ: questions about God's love and our failure, about justification and transformation, about guilt and assurance, about falling away and discipline.\"\u003cbr\u003e - Richard Coekin, Senior Pastor, Dundonald Church\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Good Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10490425049131,"sku":"9781784981389","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/products\/9781784981389-Fuller-Perfect-sinners.jpg?v=1600072297"},{"product_id":"9781784981693-ld-life-in-the-wild-fighting-for-faith-in-a-fallen-world-dewitt-dan","title":"LD Life in the Wild: Fighting For Faith in a Fallen World","description":"\u003c!-- FXB180129 --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOUT OF PRINT, only available while stocks last!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe see Jesus, we believe in Jesus and we wait for Jesus – yet still we suffer. We no longer live in Eden – where everything reflects God’s perfection, but in exile – where everything is spoiled by sin. Walking through Genesis 3, Dan DeWitt shows us how we can look at this world realistically but without despairing – as we wait for God to keep His promise to bring us out of the ‘wild’ and into His new creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Living in our broken world, full of pain and disappointment and sin, is difficult for all of us... Dan DeWitt reminds us that the mess we live in is, like us, awaiting a future redemption...”\u003cbr\u003e - Russell Moore, President, Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, The Southern Baptist Convention\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is a fresh and urgent field guide to life in the real world — the world of brokenness, tragedy and disappointment. Dan DeWitt gives us not only clarity and realism, but also wonderful hope as he consistently and carefully points us to Christ.”\u003cbr\u003e - Sam Allberry, Speaker, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries; Author, Is God Anti-Gay?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Good Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10490430947371,"sku":"9781784981693","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/products\/9781784981693-DeWitt-Life-in-the-Wild.jpg?v=1600072356"},{"product_id":"9781784981808-ld-escaping-escapism-stop-putting-things-off-start-taking-things-on-griffith-jones-dave-tico-rico","title":"LD Escaping Escapism: Stop Putting Things Off, Start Taking Things On","description":"\u003c!-- FXB180129 --\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost anything that is worth doing is a struggle. Almost anything that benefits other people is tough to do. Almost anything that makes a difference in this world is hard to see through to the end. This is why we often do almost anything to escape doing it! So how do we love people, even when it’s difficult?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book shows us how a bigger, better picture of Jesus will transform us. Dave Griffith-Jones shows how our panic and tendency to avoid difficult things can be replaced with joyful confidence and proactivity when we depend on God’s power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“What a fine and useful book! It is a really helpful combination of contemporary perception, Biblical insight, practical advice, and an attractive and compelling style. I had not realised my own brilliant escapist ability until I read this book: and it also gave me Biblical and Christ-centred hope!”\u003cbr\u003e\n- Peter Adam, Vicar-Emeritus of St Jude's Carlton, Melbourne, Australia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Good Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10490431766571,"sku":"9781784981808","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/products\/9781784981808-Griffith-Jones-Escaping-Escapism.jpg?v=1600072371"},{"product_id":"9781784981822-sipping-saltwater-how-to-find-lasting-satisfaction-in-a-world-of-thirst-hoppe-steve","title":"Sipping Saltwater: How to find lasting satisfaction in a world of thirst","description":"\u003c!-- FXB171006 --\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing after idols is like sipping saltwater. Even as Christians, we 'sip' on idols such as money, relationships, careers, sex, food, human approval...the list is endless. These things promise to satisfy us - to quench our thirst. In the end, however, they fail to do so and leave us thirstier than we were before drinking them. To make matters worse, we are left with devastating hangovers - the negative consequences of our idolatry. \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\nThis book enables readers to identify their own sources of saltwater and explains how to quench their thirst with Jesus' living water - the only drink that will ever truly satisfy us both now and for eternity. \u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\"In Sipping Saltwater, Steve grabs your attention from the very first sentence. He sheds unique insight into idolatry through vivid imagery and solid biblical instruction. He powerfully points you to the only One who can and will quench your thirst.\"? \u003cbr\u003e\n- Timothy Lane, President of the Institute for Pastoral Care; Former Executive Director at CCEF\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Good Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10490433372203,"sku":"9781784981822","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/products\/9781784981822-Hoppe-Sipping-saltwater.jpg?v=1600072375"},{"product_id":"9781908762351-serving-without-sinking-how-to-serve-christ-and-keep-your-joy-hindley-john","title":"Serving Without Sinking: How to serve Christ and keep your joy","description":"\u003c!-- FXB130404 --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany of us are serving, and feel like we're sinking. We feel joyless, weary and burdened. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e John Hindley shows how Jesus was telling the truth when He offered people an \"easy yoke\" - a way of serving Him that is joyful and liberating. He explains why serving is so often joyless - and how our identity in Christ changes everything. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e If you are serving, but sometimes feel as though you're sinking... you need this book! If you know someone who has burned out, or is heading in that direction... they need this book too. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eServing with sinking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - Is written in a personal, warm, gospel-hearted style. \u003cbr\u003e - Encourages readers to see not only how they serve, but why they serve \u003cbr\u003e - Points Christians away from themselves and back to Jesus \u003cbr\u003e - Frees people from the burdens of joyless, duty-based serving\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e144 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reformers-bookshop.myshopify.com\/blogs\/reformers-blog\/serving-without-sinking\" title=\"Book Review: Serving without Sinking\"\u003eRead a Reformers Review by Thomas Eglinton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/files\/9781908762351-serving-without-sinking.pdf?v=1589422108\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eView an excerpt here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ten columns body\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is warm, personal, pastoral and practical. It is searching and Christ exalting. It will change your life and help you to change the lives of others. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"three columns details\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"notes rating\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--- David Jones, \u003c\/strong\u003eModerator General of the Presbyterian Church of Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ten columns body\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs I was reading Serving Without Sinking I found myself in conversations with some of the very people it addresses--people who serve their church and who love to serve, but who are also growing weary. It was a joy to recommend the book to them and I anticipate that it will be a great blessing to them. And to you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"three columns details\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"notes rating\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--- Tim Challies, \u003c\/strong\u003eBlogger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4MxU9neQ0EA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Good Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10491155677227,"sku":"9781908762351","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/products\/9781908762351-serving-without-sinking.jpg?v=1636111281"},{"product_id":"9781908762429-compared-to-her-how-to-experience-true-contentment-de-witt-sophie","title":"Compared to Her: How to experience true contentment","description":"\u003c!-- FXB120107 --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I am a recovering Compulsive Comparison Syndrome sufferer. It causes me to feel envy, despair, pride and superiority. It cuts away at my relationship with God, with my loved ones, and with myself. It has promised me contentment, and yet robbed me of it. And although I don't know you at all, I'm fairly sure you have CCS, too. That's not meant to sound rude. It's just that I've rarely met a woman who doesn't struggle with it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is about how to spot this syndrome and its effects in your life; the view of life that causes it; how the gospel treats it; and how you can move beyond it to live a life of true, lasting contentment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e112 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/files\/9781908762429-compared-to-her-sophie-de-witt.pdf?v=1589422990\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eView an excerpt here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/files\/9781908762429-compared-to-her-sophie-de-witt-additional-downloads.pdf?v=1589422991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eExtra Downloads\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1em;\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1em;\"\u003e1. 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She points to the ultimate, and only, place where anyone, single or married, finds true satisfaction - knowing, and enjoying knowing, Christ. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e If you are a single woman, whatever your experience of life so far, or if you are a friend of someone who is single, then this short, warm, realistic book is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/files\/9781908762856-ld-heart-of-singleness-the-how-to-be-single-and-satisfied-trevenna-rea.pdf?v=1648727531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eView excerpt here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"This is not just another book on singleness. It will help you to know wholehearted contentment, and see singleness as a true gift. 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I am confident that many readers will be encouraged and convicted by this gem of a book.\"? \u003cbr\u003e\n- Tom Schreiner Associate Dean at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; author of The King in His Beauty\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Good Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10491178450987,"sku":"9781909559912","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/products\/9781909559912-Witmer-Eternity-changes-everything.jpg?v=1636100596"},{"product_id":"9781909919396-honest-evangelism-how-to-talk-about-jesus-even-when-its-tough-tice-rico","title":"Honest Evangelism: How to talk about Jesus even when it's tough","description":"\u003c!-- FXB150428 --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHostility and hunger - they're the responses to the message of Jesus. 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I pray that every Christian would get it and read it!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"three columns details\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"notes rating\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--- Gary Millar, \u003c\/strong\u003ePrincipal, Queensland Theological College\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Rico is one of the clearest and most faithful evangelists alive today, and no one is in a better position to write a book like this for cultures where the good news sounds remote and increasingly encounters hostility. I can't wait to use it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--- \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Horton\u003c\/strong\u003e, Professor of Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary, California\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ten columns body\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHonest to a fault and deeply challenging—but big-hearted, Christ-centred and wonderfully encouraging. That is Honest Evangelism, because that is Rico Tice—witness to sinners and equipper of saints. 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One in three visitors to a porn site is a woman. Many, many more women read explicit books like Fifty Shades of Grey. Even more than that write their own pornography - not on paper for publication, but in their heads for their own use. Helen Thorne knows all this because she's done it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut no one talks about it. Our churches are silent on it. There are very few books about it. It is the unspoken struggle of thousands of Christian women - perhaps you, and probably someone you know. But no more. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this refreshingly honest, resolutely hope-filled and gospel-soaked book, Helen speaks the unspoken. 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So it’s important that we are neither bewitched by it—buying into everything it tells us—or bewildered by it—lashing out in judgment or retreating into a Christian bubble.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDan Strange encourages Christians to engage with everything they watch, read and play in a positive and discerning way. He also teaches Christians how to think and speak about culture in a way that plugs in to a bigger and better reality—the story of King Jesus, and his cosmic plan for the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s possible to watch TV and read novels and play video games in a way that actually feeds our faith, rather than withers it. It’s even possible for you—yes, you—to be that person who starts off talking to a mate about last night’s football and ends up talking about Jesus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo be equipped to engage with culture and use it for God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e160 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2773\/2624\/files\/9781909919419-plugged-in-connecting-your-faith-with-what-you-watch-read-and-play-dan-strange.pdf?14249867313506069119\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Plugged In Excerpt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eView an excerpt here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eContents\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Timothy Keller\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Faith in an age of information overload\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. What culture is and why you should care\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The story of culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Culture as story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. “Can I watch…?”\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Confronting and connecting with culture: the theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Confronting and connecting with culture: the practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Your turn: Cultural engagement for disciples\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Here's some I prepared earlier...\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ten columns body\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe all spend hours each week watching, reading and listening. Not only does this add up to a significant proportion of our lives, but it’s also a big influence on how we think and behave. So it’s vital we think about how being a Christian shapes the way we interact with the culture around us and I know of no better guide than Plugged In. Dan Strange provides both a biblical framework and practical nuts-and-bolts tools. But Plugged In goes further, for it shows how culture can be a great starting point for speaking of Christ with our friends and colleagues. I warmly commend it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"three columns details\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"notes rating\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--- Dr Tim Chester, \u003c\/strong\u003eFaculty member of Crosslands Training and author of Enjoying God\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ten columns body\"\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this gem of a book seasoned author Daniel Strange manages what few people could do. He pre-digests the unwieldy and complex realm of culture studies and makes it unaffectedly clear. He also helps Christians know how to navigate in a world where culture appears out of control. He connects the decisions we must make to biblical texts, and to robust doctrines all along. 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