Grits And Grace And God

Feel like a hamster on an exercise wheel when it comes to navigating life? Working hard but going nowhere? Have you recognized God's ownership, appreciated His gifts, and used His resources to serve others only to have your finances collapse because of someone else's decisions? If you are struggling monetarily, relationally, or spiritually, Grits & Grace & God: Manna from Heaven Served Up Southern Style offers personal and practical insights on how God can take our challenges, loses, and setbacks and bring beauty from the ashes.

What does it mean to really live? Using Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount as the blueprint, Dr. Martin Wiles answers some of the most pressing questions that Christians have about effective Christian living. In this powerful work, Dr. Wiles shares eighteen insights for learning how to pray, handle our anger, love our enemies, overcome worry, have a healthy marriage, and so much more. Included are questions for personal reflection or group discussions. Don’t Just Live . . . Really Live offers a practical approach for discerning how to live out the Bible in today’s world.

If ... fried chicken makes you think of church, you know that "y'all" is proper English, and your favorite beverage is sweet iced tea, then Grits & Grace & God might be your kind of book. If ... you can make noise with a blade of grass between your thumbs, think breakfast starts with grits and ends with biscuits, and you still put peanuts in your Coca-Cola, Grits & Grace & God might be your kind of book. If ... you secretly look forward to funerals so you can eat chocolate pie, deviled eggs and ham, secretly believe RC Cola and Moon Pies are part of the food pyramid, and wish Paula Deen had kept her mouth shut 'cause you really like her mac and cheese, Grits & Grace & God might be your kind of book. If ... you think God is calling you to evangelize the North (even though you're still not fond of Yankees), wish folks would stop moving to the South but can't blame for wanting to come, and know Jesus is real, God is great, and sometimes life can be down right tough on a body ... ... You might enjoy the practical insights and spiritual lessons found in Grits & Grace & God: Manna from Heaven Served Up Southern Style. In Grits & Grace & God, Martin Wiles offers spiritual truths and shows how God can take our financial challenges, loses and setbacks and dish out blessings from scrapes. "Wiles devotions meet you where you are and take you into the presence of God" - Lori Hatcher, Editor of Reach Out, Columbia

Highly regarded preacher and teacher Bryan Chapell shows readers how he has prepared expository sermons according to the principles he developed in his bestselling Christ-Centered Preaching. This companion volume provides concrete examples of how a redemptive approach to Scripture is fleshed out in various types of sermons and various genres of the Bible. The example sermons not only demonstrate different approaches but also are analyzed for pedagogical purposes, helping readers move from theory to practice. In essence, the book allows students and preachers to look over Chapell's shoulder as he prepares these messages to learn how to construct their own expository sermons that communicate grace and truth from both the Old and New Testaments.

The #1 New York Times bestselling classic frontier adventure novel that inspired two award-winning films! Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America’s foremost writers. True Grit, his most famous novel, was first published in 1968, and became the basis for two movies, the 1969 classic starring John Wayne and, in 2010, a new version starring Academy Award® winner Jeff Bridges and written and directed by the Coen brothers. True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen when the coward Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash. Mattie leaves home to avenge her father’s blood. With one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, by her side, Mattie pursues the killer into Indian Territory. True Grit is eccentric, cool, straight, and unflinching, like Mattie herself. From a writer of true status, this is an American classic through and through.

A young pastor rediscovers and shares the gospel message in these captivating and spiritually enlightening stories.