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Have you heard Chris Tomlin’s outstanding new CD “See The Morning”? Includes songs featured on Christian radio: "Made to Worship" and "Everlasting God." Closing out his album is the song “Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)”, a track that Chris recorded after being approached by Walden Media to rework the hymn for the upcoming feature film. See an interview with Chris Tomlin where talks about how he came to be involved in recording this song, and view a video clip where he performs his version of Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone).
Buy the CD at Amazon.com or Christianbook.com (cheaper) or iTunes. |
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Everybody's Normal 'Til You Get to Know Them by: John Ortberg
Retail Price: $18.99
Buy it at Christianbook for: $12.99
Buy it at Amazon for $12.91
Since Christians often talk about community as one of their highest ideals it is shocking when they realize that, as Henri Nouwen insightfully noted, "Community is the place where the person you least want to live with always lives." Fortunately, John Ortberg shares our passion for community and is able to teach us how to live with and love one another. With the insight of a counselor and the heart of a pastor, Ortberg has written one of the best contemporary considerations of community. |
The
Healing Power of Prayer
 The
Healing Power of Prayer: The Surprising Connection Between Prayer and
Your Health Retail Price: $16.99, CBD Price: $4.99
According to Drs. Chester Tolson and Harold Koenig, prayer generates
peace, power, and health - a triple preventative that guards against
anxiety and disease. Even medical students claim that faith and prayer
positively improve your well-being and the body's ability to heal itself.
In The Healing Power of Prayer, Tolson and Koenig describe the nature
of prayer, its restorative benefits, how to organize prayer, and much
more. "Medicine, surgery, and the other methods the doctors bring
into the healing process are important." say these medical and
spiritual leaders. "However, you have a responsibility and an opportunity
to participate in your own healing through prayer." So whether
you need healing or just want to stay well, you can make a difference.
You can experience the healing power of prayer.
 All Right Here, Compact Disc [CD]
Retail Price: $14.98
Our Price: $10.99
You Save $3.99 (26%)
Sara's latest project crafts thirteen new songs sharing
personal yet universal truths of faith, family, relationships, and testimonies
of a loving God. Includes the song, "Less Like Scars," (and
more like character).
Audio clips are available to listen to before you purchase.
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More Books and Products...
Recommended Leadership Books and Resources |
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Leading the Team-Based Church, by
George Cladis
Retail: $23.95
Buy it from Christianbook for $21.99
Buy it at Amazon for $16.29
Follow the best-ever example of team leadership, and unleash your ministry's full potential! Modeling his leadership approach after the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit---the ultimate team---Cladis helps you foster successful collaboration among church staffers. The Trinitarian model has proved remarkably fruitful for Cladis and others. Discover what it can do for your church! 189 pages, hardcover from Jossey-Bass. |
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Doing Church As Team: The Miracle of Teamwork and How it Transforms Churches by Wayne Cordeiro
Retail: $19.99
Buy it from Christianbook for $13.99
Buy it from Amazon for $13.59
Corporations use it. Athletes excel at it. Jesus modeled it. Regardless of church size, one person can't do it all. You need teamwork! Cordeiro shows you how to identify the gifts and purposes of every member in your congregation so that together you can accomplish anything God has called you to do. 240 pages, hardcover from Regal. |
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Selected
to Serve by Earl S. Johnson, Jr.
Retail Price: $14.95
Buy it from Christianbook for $11.99
Buy it from Amazon for $10.17
Here's a great book that our Deacons and Elders are currently reading. This is the ideal handbook for Presbyterian church officers,
including elders, deacons, trustees, and pastors. Perfect as a text
for officer training events, this book can also serve as a handy reference
and guide, one that every Presbyterian church leader will want to keep
nearby. |
Past Recommendations |
Recommended for engaged couples...
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Saving
Your Marriage Before It Starts:
Seven Questions to Ask Before (And After) You Marry,
by Les & Leslie Parrott
Retail Price: $17.99, CBD Price: $13.99, You Save $4.00
(22%)
The
Parrotts say that husbands and wives need to identify their marital
stumbling blocks before they trip over them. This encouraging guide
asks engaged and newlywed couples seven important questions that will
help uoncover and deal with potential problems-and give their marriage
the best possible beginning. |
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The
Purpose Driven Life
The
Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren, Current Sale Price: $9.99
You Save $10.00 (50%) (as of Feb. 2005)
Remember this book? FPCers joined millions of others
in reading this one. Rick Warren's description of will help you understand
God's purpose and plan for your life so that you can learn to live the
life for which you were created. The book is divided into forty short
chapters so that it can either be read as a personal devotional or studied
in a small group setting. Don't let yourself or your family and friends
go without this life-transforming book! Christianbook.com has finally
matched our church price of $10. |
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By Tim Stafford, our preacher Feb. 12, 2006
Never Mind the Joneses: Building Core Christian Values in a Way That Fits Your Family
Inter-varsity Press, $11.99
Straightforward, grace-filled advice on raising Christian kids in a secular world! Starting with the reassuring principle that "there's more than one good, right way to be a family," Stafford shows parents how to cultivate values such as Christ-centeredness, compassion, truthfulness, hard work, contentment, and generosity in ways that suit their own unique family culture. 208 pages, hardcover from InterVarsity.
More Tim Stafford books
Read articles by Tim Stafford on Christianity Today magazine. |
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Jim
Martinez - Jazz Pianist (CD)
Jim
Martinez played in church Dec. 31, 2006. Jim has performed or recorded with
notables like Lionel Hampton, the Stan Kenton Alumni, Bucky Pizzarelli,
Russell Malone, Jeff Hamilton, the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Benny Golson,
Harold Jones and Ed Thigpen, the first drummer for the famous Oscar
Peterson Trio. Jim has performed with the Sacramento Symphony and toured
as a featured guest with the U.S. Air Force Jazz Band.
This link will tak you to Jim's website, where you can listen to samples
and purchase albums. Give this one a try: "Jesus
Loves Me (mp3)" |
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Did you see the movie? Get the book:
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe Movie Tie-in Adult Edition, softcover
By C.S. Lewis / Zondervan Corp., $8.99
Kids love the talking animals, majestic lion, and enchanting landscape of Narnia. Parents appreciate Lewis's compelling narrative, wit, and deep spiritual insights. An ideal companion to the breathtaking film, this special adult edition captures all the wonder and wisdom of Lewis's beloved classic---and features eight pages of photos from the live-action movie. 224 pages, softcover from Zondervan. |
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Chronicles of Narnia, Boxed Set
By C.S. Lewis / Zondervan Corp., Great Deal: $29.99
Invest in a handsome unabridged souvenir set of Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia for your home library. Included are stunning pictures from the movie The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, plus seven volumes sure to captivate children and adults, and provide hours of excellent reading. Approx. 200 pages each, seven 4.25" x 6.75" softcovers. |
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Here is CS Lewis' classic explanation of the faith:
Mere Christianity
By C.S. Lewis / Zondervan Corp. $9.99
Arguably the 20th century's most influential Christian writer, C.S. Lewis sought to explain and defend the beliefs that nearly all Christians at all times hold in common. His simple yet deeply profound classic, originally delivered as a series of radio broadcasts, is a book to be thoroughly digested by believers and generously shared with skeptics.
Here's a great deal: Mere Christianity and Screwtape Letters in one volume, $9.99. |
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Here's a great movie...
Love Comes Softly, DVD or VIDEO
By Janette Oke / Word Entertainment, Inc.
Based on Janette Oke's best-selling book series (see below), and directed by Michael Landon Jr., Love Comes Softly is inspired story-telling for the whole family. Marty and Aaron Claridge (Katherine Heigl and Oliver Macready) travel west in search of new opportunity. But when tragedy strikes and Marty is suddenly widowed, the young woman must face the rugged terrain, bleak weather, and life among strangers - alone. That is until a handsome widower named Clark Davis (Dale Midkiff) suggests a platonic "marriage of convenience" until Marty can return home. As the months pass, though, Marty and Clark discover an unexpected new love where there was once only loss. Not rated. Color. 88 minutes. |
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Here's the book...
Love Comes Softly, Love Comes Softly Series #1
By Janette Oke / Bethany House Publishers
She ventured West with the man she loved, but in one day her world crumbled around her...First around in 1979, Love Come Softly has become a beloved classic with over one million copies sold. A generation of readers has laughed and wept and rejoiced with Marty and Clark Davis whose tragic circumstances threw them together on the frontier prairies of the 1800s. |
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Featured Book for Fall 2005 (Worship and Small Groups):
Gifts: Learning a Lifestyle of Service, Pursuing Spiritual Transformation
By John Ortberg / Zondervan Corp.
Through tudy and small group interaction, this study will help you develop a passion to be used by God. You'll find out about your unique place in the body of Christ and how to surmount the obstacles that keep you from thriving. You'll discover the joy of serving with others - doing together what you cannot do alone. And you'll learn how to abide in Christ, experiencing a freshness and vitality that grow as you give! This is the fifth book in this series, and every lesson is dedicated to one thing -- helping you pursue authentic spiritual transformation. Here, the focus is on in depth learning about spiritual gifts. Includes leader's guide. |
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Featured Book for Summer 2005:
20
Hot Potatoes Christians Are Afraid to Touch
By Tony Campolo / Thomas Nelson / W
How rich can I be in a world of hunger? When should
the doctor ''pull the plug''? So many modern questions seem new,
the new sciences must have answers, right? Wrong! Eternal scriptural
principles are far more trustworthy---but we're afraid to apply
them to ''hot potatoes.'' Campolo shows how the Bible speaks to
modern puzzles. He's convinced that it has ''better answers to life's
problems than all the social sciences put together.'' 235 pages,
softcover from Word. |
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Alternate Summer Selection:
God's
Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It,
by Jim Wallis / Harpercollins Publishing
Is there an appropriate way to express your Christian faith and
moral values and still support the constitutional separation of
church and state? In God's Politics, Sojourners editor Jim Wallis advocates a platform that brings the spiritual
and political together for the "common good." He offers practical
ideas for enacting personal ethics in public life, using the power
of religious beliefs to motivate social reform. 416 pages, hardcover,
HarperCollins. |
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Loving
God Up Close: Rekindling Your Relationship with the Holy Spirit
By Calvin Miller / Time Warner Book Group
Who is the Holy Spirit? How do Christians track His comings and
goings? And how can they realize His presence in their lives? In
this book, Calvin Miller reminds believers of the power of the Holy
Spirit and explores the six symbols of His presence: the cleansing
wind; the purging fire; the dove (the descending presence); the
gift of communication; the refreshing wine; and the counselor. While
many have experienced one or more of the defining presences, many
also disagree as to their authenticity. Now, in this insightful
book, Miller seeks to relieve some of the mystery surrounding the
Holy Spirit and encourages readers to simply make use of his loving
guidance. |
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Here's another good book on the
Holy Spirit...Fresh
Power
By Jim Cymbala / Zondervan Corp.
A prophetic message about what it means to be Spirit-filled, both
as individuals, and as the church. Using the Book of Acts, Cymbala
delves into what it was like for Christians in the first century,
and what it can be like today. |
Other books mentioned in recent sermons...
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You
Gotta Keep Dancin'
By Tim Hansel / Cook Communications
Stress, disappointment, heartache, hurt--all are part of the human
condition. But while pain is unavoidable, misery is optional! The
freeing message of this book is that no matter what your circumstances,
with God's help, you can choose to be joyful. |
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To
Forgive Is Human: How to Put Your Past in the Past
By Michael McCullough, Steven Sandage, Everett Worthington / Inter-varsity
Press
Forgiving can be one of the hardest things we'll ever do. We sense
deep down that it will be good for us and others to put the past
in the past. But sometimes no matter what we do, we just can't seem
to forgive and get on with life. We still feel hurt, bitter and
angry. How can we break the cycle? Grounding their analysis and
advice in the latest psychological research, the authors of To Forgive
Is Human reveal how we can forgive and begin to repair broken relationships. |
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Forgiving
& Reconciling: Bridges to Wholeness and Hope
By Everett L. Worthington, Jr. / Inter-varsity Press
Psychologist and counselor Everett Worthington, the leading Christian
researcher on forgiveness, says that forgiving is a gift we give
to others. When we offer forgiveness to others as an altruistic
gift, it is more effective than when we forgive only for our own
benefit in an effort to "get over" the hurt. True forgiveness is
accomplished through a careful process of understanding both the
offense and the offender, and taking active steps to forgiveness.
In this insightful and practical book, Worthington provides a clinically
proven stategy and a wealth of resources for moving toward forgiveness. |
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from our search engine (below). If you buy the book, the church will
receive a small advertising fee, at no additional cost to you. These funds help to finance our Booktable in the Sanctuary. Thank you for starting your online shopping here.
Thank you for visiting our online bookstore. These books are offered by Christian Book Distributors (CBD)
and Amazon.com through their affiliate programs. When you click on any of the links,
you will be taken to either Amazon.com or Christianbook.com, where you can read more about
the book and, in some cases, read some of the book itself.
Do you have a book or music you would recommend for
our online bookstore? Please send your suggestions to me: Dave[at]petalumafirst.com
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Dr. Moishe Rosen, Founder of Jews for Jesus came
to FPC April 24, 2005. He's coming back Jan. 2008. Dr. Rosen has written:
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