Devotions with Presidents
Devotions with Presidents contains 150 Scripture-based messages with stories and facts about presidents to illustrate each point. In an age before cars, how did Ulysses Grant get a ticket for speeding? Did Abraham Lincoln have daddy issues? What made William Howard Taft cry? Why were the French so mad at George Washington? The answers to these and other questions about presidents can be found here, but that is only part of what is contained in these pages. You can also read messages from the Bible about grace, grit, forgiveness, prayer, and a lot of other important principles of discipleship.
Presidential Stories
Did you know George Washington was an excellent dancer? Did you ever hear the story about how Abraham Lincoln was almost engaged to the wrong woman? What made Theodore Roosevelt quit his government job during a time of war? Here is a more significant question: What does the Bible say about things like confrontations, big dreams, and grit? Presidential Stories truly is a different kind of devotional. The author shares truths from Scripture in each daily reading, but these truths are illustrated with true stories from the lives of the Presidents of the United States.
Washington was a Dancer, Lincoln was a Wrestler
This book of stories, trivia, and games about the presidents is fun for all ages. Washington was a Dancer, Lincoln was a Wrestler has been enjoyed by little kids, senior adults and all ages in between.
Feeling the Squeeze
How do we handle being hit with a tough relational issue, financial concern, medical problem, or trouble at work? What about when more than one of these occur at the same time? How is it that we can actually benefit from hard times? Most of us would rather avoid adversity altogether, but we can’t. Timothy D. Holder draws on the expertise of psychologists; his own experiences as a leader, employee, and student; and interesting historical examples to examine how to have success through adversity. From the initial storm to arriving at the other side, there are eighteen techniques for dealing with difficult times. The good news is that we all naturally do some of these things. When we put them together, we can push through quite a bit of adversity. As a bonus, the book also describes what not to do in troubled times.
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Religion has played a big part in the story of America, but what role did it play in the lives of some of the most popular presidents?
Consider the complicated case of George Washington. If he was a Christian, why did he skip Communion for years? If he was not a Christian, how does one explain his high level of involvement in his church? Some call him a Deist, but if that was true, why did he pray so much?
What about Jefferson, Lincoln, Garfield, and Roosevelt? One of the men taught Sunday School for years in a denomination that was not his own. Another one made generous contributions to churches but nursed a years-long hostility toward ministers. One publicly debated a well-known skeptic of Christianity and trounced the man. Finally, one of these men was a skeptic himself who used to make fun of the Bible. But then he stopped.
They were all men of high intelligence. Each one was shaped by pain and driven forward by an ambition to do something significant with his life. They all pursued greatness, and achieved it, but how did God fit into their quests for significance? The answer awaits inside these pages.