Most Popular Books by Stephen Arterburn

A collection of more than two dozen true stories of teens living out their Christian faith, each of which is followed by a suggestion to read a particular Bible passage and questions to think about.

Find freedom in God''s Word. Discover freedom and hope in God''s Word with Tyndale''s Life Recovery Bible, the #1-selling recovery Bible with over 3 million copies in print. This powerful Bible for addiction emphasizes God as the ultimate source of recovery and offers essential tools and features to break people free from the grip of addiction. It is widely embraced in 12 Step recovery programs like Alcoholics Anonymous, correctional facilities, and by individuals seeking help taking their life back from destructive behaviors and substances. In this Second Edition of The Life Recovery Bible, you''ll find updated articles on addiction recovery, along with a step-by-step life recovery meeting guide for leaders. This portable, conveniently sized NLT Bible is a must-have resource for anyone starting or leading recovery groups in churches or communities. Seamlessly compatible with the original version, users of both editions can easily communicate and access shared notes and features. Special features of this addiction recovery Bible include: 12-step devotionals Life Recovery Facilitator''s Guide Step-by-Step Life Recovery Meeting Guide Article: Thriving in a Secular Recovery Group Article: Life-Giving Recovery Groups in the Church Resources page, directing readers to helpful books and online resources The 12 Christian Foundations of Life Recovery The 12 Self-Evident Truths of Life Recovery Article: A Word about Addictions Article: An Early History of Life Recovery Lightweight trim measures 5.25 x 7.875 inches so it''s easy to carry with you. Convenient 7.7-point font for on-the-go reading Give the gift of healing and transformation with The Life Recovery Bible - a meaningful and impactful choice for loved ones on their journey to addiction recovery.

Inspired by the best-selling Life Recovery Bible, The Life Recovery Journal provides users with a vehicle for sorting through, internalizing, and documenting their journey towards recovery via 52 guided entries, based on the Twelve Steps. The journal offers readers two different approaches to the material (seasonal and monthly), both of which are complemented by the following: Introductory readings based on information found in the Life Recovery Bible and Workbook, specially-selected Scripture verses, questions for personal reflection, sidebar prompts, and prayer starters. The Life Recovery Journal asks open-ended, thought provoking questions to encourage introspective responses. It encourages the active integration of the Bible and the Twelve Steps into daily life. It provides helpful writing prompts to encourage deeper thinking. The open format provides participants with plenty of journaling space, as well as room for notes and Bible references.

All parents want to believe their children will not experiment with drugs and alcohol. Unfortunately that is not realistic. The authors provide the knowledge and tools parents need to help their kids stay or become drug free. Includes a helpful study guide for personal use and group discussion.

It’s Time to Gear Up for Battle You’re bombarded with temptation daily, pressured from every side to compromise your sexual, spiritual, and personal integrity. Sometimes you feel as if you’re standing alone, fighting a losing battle for honor in our anything-goes culture. It takes guts–and a firm commitment–to align yourself with God’s unchanging standards no matter what the world, your coworkers, or even other Christians define as “normal.” And Everyday for Every Man provides the hard-hitting challenges and encouragement you need to live with integrity and purity in every area of your life. Adapted from the best-selling Every Man series, each one-page daily devotional tackles sensitive topics with frankness and honesty and reinforces key principles for building moral strength. With 365 power-packed readings, Everyday for Every Man equips you with the weapons and armor you need to fight temptation each day–and emerge victorious.

One man faces his worst nightmare—twice. A thrilling new novel from the Every Man team! Ben Taylor’s just a regular guy. Married to his beautiful Annie, with good kids, and a career that brings him great joy. But the world as he knows it suddenly shifts beneath his feet. While his job is suddenly in jeopardy, Annie gets promoted into the position of a lifetime–with a bigger salary than his…and a requirement to move across the country. The blow to his ego, not to mention the disruption to his family, shatters Ben’s confidence in himself–and in God. But just as he comes to grips with this new reality and accepts these major changes, the unimaginable happens. His wife is kidnapped! Desperate, Ben travels across country to help the police hunt for the kidnappers by risking his life and everything else in the process. Can he really trust the God he thought he knew to get him through this shocking twist in life? Or is he destined to be just as forsaken as he feels? Now Stephen Arterburn– one of the men behind the phenomenal Every Man series–and bestselling novelist Mike Moscoe join forces to bring you a compelling novel that combines the action and suspense of a thriller with real-life faith and insight for God’s men.

Experience the Peace, Joy, and Hope that Comes from Spending Time in God’s Presence Prayer is key to sustaining a healthy relationship with God. It connects you to His heart, reminds you of His promises, and has the power to change situations. But, between distractions and doubt, busy schedules and seeming delays—how can you keep prayer a priority? Covering all the common topics on prayer—everything from seeking God’s guidance to accepting His timing—this devotional invites you to journey through Scripture toward a deeper intimacy with Christ. Whether you are seeking guidance, looking for peace, or bursting with joy and praise, instant refreshment and a heart of worship is just within an arm’s reach with this 100 Days of Prayer daily devotional. Each devotional is short enough to read in 5 minutes, but deep enough to grow your walk with God. Find peace, joy, and hope as you enrich your prayer life with Stephen Arterburn’s 100 Days of Prayer daily devotional. Discover God’s promises on prayer and his desire to talk with you.

Ethridge equips parents to have effective discussions with their preteen and early adolescent daughters about God''s standards for sexuality, purity, and dating. (Relationships)

Flashpoints: Igniting the hidden passions of your soul.

This repackaged version of "Mastering Your Moods" brings together three of America''s foremost Christian counselors to offer help for those suffering from mood swings or depression. "Mood Swings" helps readers understand the causes of "bipolar-related disorders" and finds effective ways to treat the problem, recover the lost joy, and return to a far more normal, balanced perspective on life.

When approached by the father who abandoned him and his mother years earlier, Noah discovers that forgiveness comes at a price and, in the meantime, he struggles to figure out how to deal with Paige''s crush on him.

My Spiritual Journey contains the New Testament portion of the Life Recovery Bible, specifically designed to encourage and support those involved in 12-step recovery programs. Features include: Journaling pages at the end of each book, with follow-up questions The Living Bible text Twelve-step devotionals Recovery Principle devotionals Serenity prayer devotionals

Why Our Children Abuse Alcohol And Drugs And What We Can Do About It.

Highlights 250 of the most widely prescribed medications and looks at their safety and if they are right for you and their common side effects.

Issues include sex, substance abuse, sexual abuse, suicide, Satanism, homosexuality, AIDS, pornography, runaways, and eating disorders.

Display H. Norman Wright''s newest parenting book, Raising Kids to Love Jesus, alongside seven other classic Christian parenting books in your store. Using the biblical theme, "Train Up a Child in the Way He Should Go", this end cap is sure to tap into parents'' desire to take a proactive role in raising their children.

Make a cassette tape of his favorite songs; fax her a love note at work; give flowers to your child or loved one; do a crossword puzzle together; just hug each other! Tell the important people in your life how much you love them with these simple ideas and suggestions that will confirm your love through time spent together. Any two people who love one another can use this book -- husbands and wives; mothers and daughters; fathers and sons; lifelong friends, parents, grandparents, family; the ideas are designed to create closeness in all kinds of loving relationships. Build a special bond with little help from these suggestions for expressing unselfish, total love!

The Healing is a Choice Today trade book centers on the 10 choices you must make and 10 lies you must reject to ensure you are not standing in God''s way of ensuring His healing powers for you. This 10-week devotional companion will explore topics designed to encourage and motivate readers to focus on the choices that enable true healing. Each daily devotional will include at least one quote, a "Healing is a Choice for Today" devotional (200 words), Scriptures to support the material, and then a takeaway thought to help the reader concentrate on the "choice" and help them to deny the "lie" around that particular topic.

Un libro que presenta un plan detallado y practico, para todos aquellos hombres que desean pureza en la sexualidad, para los hombres que han caido en el pasado y para todos los que desean superar la tentacion en el futuro.

Lose It for Life is a uniquely balanced program that not only deals with the physical issues of overeating but also focuses on the emotional, mental, and often-missed spiritual factors related to weight loss to help readers achieve permanent results. This 365-day devotional will help you draw daily spiritual encouragement from the One who loves us most and is interested in every aspect of our lives--even our struggles with weight.

Si fuera a tomar el problema principal de la vida de alguien, sin importar cual fuera, sin importar cuanto estuviera interfiriendo en su propio bienestar o de quienes lo rodean, podrá reducirlo al hecho que debe renunciar a una de ocho cosas para alcanzar aquello que desea lograr. Un producto Editorial Patmos.

En este mundo estás rodeado de imágenes sexuales que abren la puerta a la tentación. Están en todas partes -en la televisión, en las vallas publicitarias, en las revistas, en la música, en Internet- y son tan fáciles de acceder que a veces parece imposible escapar de sus garras. Sin embargo, Dios espera que sus hijos sean sexualmente puros. Entonces, ¿cómo puedes sobrevivir a la incesante batalla contra la tentación? Aquí hay una poderosa herramienta. Steve Arterburn y Fred Stoeker, los autores del impactante best-seller La batalla de cada hombre, se centran ahora en las tentaciones que los jóvenes cristianos solteros como usted enfrentan cada día, y ofrecen estrategias bíblicas viables para lograr la pureza sexual. Los autores examinan la norma de Efesios 5:3-"no debe haber ni siquiera un indicio de inmoralidad sexual"-bajo una luz positiva y sensible. Y explican cómo una relación auténtica y vibrante con Jesucristo es la clave de la victoria sobre la tentación. La batalla de todo joven te mostrará cómo entrenar tus ojos y tu mente, cómo limpiar tu vida de pensamientos y cómo desarrollar un plan de batalla realista para permanecer puro en la cultura saturada sexualmente de hoy. Como resultado, experimentarás la esperanza -la verdadera esperanza- de vivir una vida fuerte y pura a la manera de Dios. In this world you''re surrounded by sexual images that open the door to temptation. They''re everywhere-on TV, billboards, magazines, music, the internet-and so easy to access that it sometimes feels impossible to escape their clutches. Yet God expects his children to be sexually pure. So how can you survive the relentless battle against temptation? Here''s powerful ammunition. Steve Arterburn and Fred Stoeker, the authors of the hard-hitting best-seller Every Man''s Battle, now focus on the temptations young single Christian men like you face every day-and they offer workable, biblical strategies for achieving sexual purity. The authors examine the standard of Ephesians 5:3-"there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality"-in a positive and sensitive light. And they explain how an authentic, vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ is the key to victory over temptation. Every Young Man''s Battle will show you how to train your eyes and your mind, how to clean up your thought life, and how to develop a realistic battle plan for remaining pure in today''s sexually soaked culture. As a result, you''ll experience hope-real hope-for living a strong, pure life God''s way

Steve Arterburn y su esposa Misty revelan «siete secretos de la pasión» de algunos de los países más románticos del mundo: Italia, Francia, España, Grecia e Israel. La mayoría de las parejas deciden casarse en medio de la pasión, pero pronto se encuentran preguntándose a sí mismos «¿cómo conseguimos que el amor sea interesante, divertido y romántico? ¿Cómo mantenemos la llama de la pasión ardiendo por décadas?» Steve and Misty Arterburn ofrecen respuestas únicas e innovadoras a estas preguntas que han existido por tando tiempo. El romance duradero es mucho más que una cita o un fin de semana romántico. Un amor apasionado y duradero requiere de dos personas que están enamoradas sensualmente entre ellas y de la vida. En este libro fascinante el autor explora investigaciones en siete actividades que activan la pasión luego describe cómo las culturas mediterráneas aplican estos secretos a la vida diaria. Steve and Misty también comparten cómo estos secretos tan divertidos de aplicar ha llevado a su matrimonio de estar confundido a tener confianza, de estar desanimado a vivir en deleite, y cómo tu también puedes lograrlo. Este libro ayudará a las parejas a ser más alegres, creativas, interactivas y románticas, manteniendo encendida la pasión que resiste al paso de los años.

Sexual temptation. It''s everywhere you look. On TV, in the movies, on the Internet. And sometimes it seems you can''t escape its clutches. But God wants His children to be sexually pure. How? Here''s powerful ammunition from two counselors on the front lines: Stephen Arterburn and Fred Stoeker. It''s the companion to their challenging book Every Young Man''s Battle. And it''s all about how to guard your eyes and your mind -- every moment of every day. How to handle the guilt God''s way. How to clean up your thought life. And how to develop a battle plan that really works -- even in the sex-drenched culture you live in. Get started with Every Young Man''s Battle Workbook, by yourself or in a group. And prepare to declare victory. Book jacket.

Within the pages of this book is authentic hope for people who have struggled with their weight and have been unable to find any method of weight loss that would last for more than a few months or a year or two. It is a gentle plan, one that you can live with and one that will help you live.

Through this candid look at his personal life, Stephen Arterburn, co-founder of New Life Clinics, shares how the world''s promises seduced him, and how God''s redemptive grace saved him from the emptiness and despair that marked his life.

The Spiritual Renewal Bible is filled with inspiring insights and practical notes that will restore readers'' spiritual passion!

Gehen Sie neue Schritte in ein befreites Leben - mit Gottes Wort! Freiheit ist nicht nur die Sehnsucht aller Menschen, sondern auch das Versprechen Gottes. Egal ob es um emotionale, körperliche oder psychische Abhängigkeit geht - Gottes Wort enthält Grundsätze, Verheißungen und Erzählungen, die Schritte in die Freiheit zeigen. Diese Bibelausgabe ist angereichert mit vielen Erläuterungen und geistlichen Betrachtungen. Sie knüpfen jeweils an einen Bibelabschnitt an und beziehen die »Zwölf Schritte« ein - das Selbsthilfeprogramm, das von den Anonymen Alkoholikern entwickelt wurde und seitdem auch für viele andere Abhängigkeiten angewandt wird. Diese Bibel eignet sich für Betroffene, Angehörige, Suchtberater und Seelsorger sowie für alle, die mit Verletzungen zu kämpfen haben. ! Bitte beachten Sie, dass das E-Book nicht als PDF, sondern als ePub-Datei zur Verfügung gestellt wird. Die Darstellung kann deshalb zur gedruckten Bibel leicht abweichen!

APAKAH ANDA INGIN MENGALAMI PEMULIHAN? Kuasa untuk memulihkan–secara fisik, mental, emosi, rohani–ada dalam tangan Tuhan. Tetapi pilihan untuk dipulihkan ada dalam tangan Anda. Setiap orang, dalam berbagai tingkatan, butuh pemulihan. Anda mungkin sudah berulang kali, selama bertahun-tahun berdoa untuk mendapatkan pemulihan. Mungkin Anda sudah begitu lama hidup dalam rasa sakit sehingga Anda sudah terbiasa dengan hidup seperti itu. Mungkin Anda mulai ragu apakah Allah bisa menghilangkan penderitaan ini. Dia bisa. Tetapi Anda juga harus memilih untuk melepaskan rasa sakit itu dan mengizinkan pemulihannya dimulai. Stephen Arterburn menawarkan 10 pilihan penting untuk mendapatkan pemulihan. Mengambil semua pilihan ini berarti menolak kebohongan yang sering kita katakan pada diri kita sendiri. Semua pilihan ini bukanlah sarana untuk menghasilkan mujizat, tetapi berupa perjalanan yang Allah ingin Anda lakukan. Allah bisa dan akan berjalan bersama Anda. Tetapi Anda harus melangkah dulu dan memilih untuk melepaskan rasa sakit itu dan mengizinkan proses pemulihannya dimulai.

Allows readers to identify and find their most pressing faith concerns and offers an introduction to Christianity. This book uses relevant Bible passages to enhance the reader''s understanding of how Scripture informs its answers. It discusses and explores subjects such as God, the Bible, the church, sin, and what it means to be saved by grace.

When Demetria Costanas finally confronts a fellow professor to tell him that their affair is over, it''s more than the relationship that''s finished. After a photo is delivered to the university president and her husband, she may lose her career and marriage, too! Will sorting things out with Christian counselor Sullivan Crisp help?

Most weight-loss plans will help you drop a few pounds, but for how long? You deserve better. You deserve Lose It For Life, a uniquely balanced program that deals with the physical, emotional and even spiritual elements that lead to permanent weight loss.

Em ''A batalha de todo homem'', os autores fazem uma análise sobre comportamentos secretos que comprometem a comunhão na família, na igreja e até com o próprio Deus. Arterburn e Stoeker mostram que um simples olhar ou pensamento pode ser suficiente para levar um homem a quebrar os laços de santidade que o unem à sua esposa.