Rebecca McLaughlin

In the city of Seriden, the thief called Coin is Nameless -- she has no family, no legal rights, and no standing in society -- but she inherits the throne and the power and danger that come with it.

Nameless Queen

Addressing 12 controversial issues about Christianity--the Bible's teaching on gender and sexuality, the reality of heaven and hell, and more--this book shows how current psychological and scientific research actually aligns with teaching from the Bible.

12 Hard Questions for the World's Largest Religion

Confronting Christianity

How the First Female Disciples Help Us Know and Love the Lord

Jesus Through the Eyes of Women

Engaging Five Contemporary Claims

The Secular Creed

Award-Winning Author Rebecca McLaughlin Explores Who Jesus Really Is in This Follow-Up to Confronting Christianity Jesus is the most famous human being in all of history. But while many people have a basic sketch of Jesus in their minds, comparatively few have taken time to read the four biographies of his life in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. In Confronting Jesus, Rebecca McLaughlin shares important biblical context to help all readers see why the Gospels should be taken seriously as historical documents. Exploring eyewitness testimony about Jesus, McLaughlin points to him as a first-century Jewish man who is the Son of God, King of the Jews, mighty healer, greatest teacher, lover of sinners, suffering servant, perfect sacrifice, and universal Lord. This follow-up to her first book, Confronting Christianity, helps readers understand the message of the Gospels and explore who Jesus really is. Individuals and groups can work through the book together with the Confronting Jesus Study Guide and the Confronting Jesus Video Study. • Winsome and Informative: Mixes thorough research with an approachable writing style and cultural references to help readers grasp biblical truths • Great for Apologetics and Evangelism: Presents the gospel clearly and invites readers to study with a friend • Companion Resources for Personal and Small-Group Study: Confronting Jesus Study Guide and Confronting Jesus Video Study also available • Follow-Up to Rebecca McLaughlin’s Confronting Christianity: This book offers readers a next step and a helping hand as they explore who Jesus is • Accessible: Assuming neither knowledge of the Bible or belief on the part of her readers, McLaughlin provides a clear explanation of the 4 Gospels • Published in partnership with the Gospel Coalition

9 Encounters with the Hero of the Gospels

Confronting Jesus

Die Namenlose Königin

In de stad Seriden krijgt een uitgestoten naamloos meisje een kroontatoeage, waardoor zij recht op de troon krijgt.

Door het lot gekozen. Door de straat gevormd

De Naamloze koningin

Rebecca McLaughlin uses kid-friendly illustrations and biblical truth to address 10 questions kids face about the Christian worldview, challenging young people to think deeply about hard topics and stand for truth in a secular age.

10 Questions Every Kid Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity

«Amor es amor». «Tú eres suficiente». Tal vez has visto letreros así en tu vecindario que nos ofrecen un paquete de todo o nada, o dicho de otra forma, un credo secular. En este libro desafiante, Rebecca McLaughlin nos ayuda a desenredar las creencias que los cristianos felizmente afirman de aquellas que no pueden aceptar, y nos invita a hablar con las personas a nuestro alrededor sobre las cosas que en realidad importan. Lejos de oponerse al amor a las diferencias, McLaughlin afirma que el cristianismo es la fuente original y el fundamento más firme para la verdadera diversidad, igualdad y amor transformador. The Secular Creed «Love is Love», «You are Enough.» You may have seen signs with some of these messages in your neighborhood. They offer us an all-or-nothing package deal, in short, a secular creed. In this provocative book, Rebecca McLaughlin helps us disentangle the beliefs Christians gladly affirm from those they cannot embrace, and invites us to talk with our neighbors about the things that matter most. Far from opposing love across difference, McLaughlin argues, Christianity is the original source and firmest foundation for true diversity, equality, and life-transforming love.

Respuestas a 5 argumentos contemporáneos

El credo secular

Explores the evidence for Jesus' resurrection and how that provides a rational basis for Christian beliefs. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead is an extraordinary thing to believe. Such a supernatural event is the stuff of make-believe, many think. Yet millions of Christians around the world believe that Jesus' resurrection was a real, historical event. Indeed, "if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith" and Christians are "of all people most to be pitied." (1 Corinthians 15) In this concise book, respected apologist Rebecca McLaughlin outlines the evidence that Jesus really did rise from the dead and why it's the best news ever.

Four Questions Everyone Should Ask About the Resurrection Story

Is Easter Unbelievable?

Evidence for the Bible's account of Jesus' birth.

Four Questions Everyone Should Ask about the World's Most Famous Story

Is Christmas Unbelievable?

How can we believe the Bible is true? Why can’t we just agree that love is love? Isn’t Christianity against diversity? Going to school, hanging out with friends, or scrolling through social media feeds, teenagers are sure to face real challenges to faith in Jesus Christ. And whether you consider yourself a Christ follower or not, these questions can seem like deal breakers. Backed by state-of-the-art research, personal stories, Harry Potter illustrations (warning: spoilers!), and careful biblical study, this book doesn’t dodge tough questions. Instead, it invites teenagers to ask their hardest questions about Christianity and to find surprising, life-giving answers.

10 Questions Every Teen Should Ask (and Answer) about Christianity

Greater love has no one than this: that he lay down his life for his friends. –John 15:13 Our culture idolizes romance and the love of parents for their children. But Jesus said there was no greater love than sacrificial friendship love. What’s more, He issued a command to His disciples that they live into this kind of love. Christian friendship isn’t just a nice-to-have. It’s vital. But it’s also dangerous. Friends can pull us up when we’re knocked down, embrace us with their love, and spur us on to follow Jesus better. But friends can also grind us to the ground, exploit, or invite us into sin. In No Greater Love, Rebecca McLaughlin walks us through the highs and lows of friendship love—a love that’s been neglected and malnourished in our modern world. She draws especially on Jesus in the Gospels and on Paul to show how powerful and precious Christian friendship is and how we can walk through the hurt, loss, and disillusionment that comes from broken friendship trust. Beginning with the words of Jesus on the night he was betrayed and abandoned, she points us to His battle-tested love as the unending source of our best love for one another. Male or female, single or married, joyful or lamenting, lonely or embraced, we all need friendship love. This book will help us give and receive it in a way that calls us back to Jesus’s commandment: that we love each other just like He loves us.

A Biblical Vision for Friendship

No Greater Love

Rita Palashewski

We all know that what goes on behind closed doors can often be very different from the image we see on the outside. The same can be true for your child’s daycare. How much do you know about what truly goes on during the day before your child greets you with a clean face and a smile? How do you find the right daycare or know that the one you have chosen is indeed the best choice? Every parent wants peace of mind knowing their children are in good hands with people they can trust, but how can they ever really be sure? Imagine that you were given a magic crystal ball that allowed you to see what your kids were experiencing at daycare. . . Daycare Diaries provides you with a realistic “behind the scenes” peek into the daycare world that parents hardly ever get to see. Written by two daycare providers with over 30 years’ combined experience, Daycare Diaries is a unique collection of true stories, each providing a lesson that will leave you worrying, wondering, laughing, and crying, but ultimately more empowered to find the “perfect” daycare for your child. Daycare Diaries takes you into the minds of daycare providers as well as sheds light on a highly misunderstood profession. Just as a quality daycare provider can offer your child a wealth of positive experiences, the wrong provider can cause harm. By opening unknowing eyes and shedding light on the realities that exist in most daycares, we will help parents to form the crucial questions that really matter when choosing quality childcare. Let our experience be your guide on this exciting journey of finding your child’s ideal “home away from home”. Daycare Diaries is the crystal ball to your child’s little world of daycare. Open it up and see what it’s waiting to reveal to you. . .you just might be surprised

Unlocking the Secrets and Dispelling Myths Through True Stories of Daycare Experiences

Daycare Diaries

Helping kids fall in love with God and His Word as they study the Bible for themselves Now more than ever, kids need to know and explore their Bibles. Getting our kids engaged with Scripture early on is vital to their discipleship. In fact, research shows that Bible reading is the number one indicator for spiritual growth. Exploring the Earliest Gospel gives kids the chance and tools to know God through His Word. In this kids’ Bible study, Rebecca McLaughlin and her young theologian daughters Miranda (12) and Eliza (10) guide your kids through the book of Mark. This adult-child collaboration will help your kids see themselves not just as passive recipients of teaching from grown-ups, but active participants who can engage with the Bible for themselves. At its heart, Exploring the Earliest Gospel is a study of a person: Jesus. Through sixty-six days of fun and fast-paced study, your kids will get to understand more of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection. Mark’s Gospel was the first gospel to be written, and it’s based on the memories of Jesus’ disciple Peter. Since Peter was an act first, think later kind of guy, your kids will notice that Mark uses the word “immediately” a lot. This is an action-packed book! As your young disciples enter the stories that were written and meant for them, they will learn how to observe, interpret, and apply God’s Word to their lives. If you’re looking for a theologically rich, accessible bible study that helps your kids know and fall in love with Jesus and paves the way to a lifelong love of God and the Bible, give them Exploring the Earliest Gospel.

A Kids Bible Study on Jesus and His Good News

Exploring the Earliest Gospel

Evidence for the Bible's account of Jesus' birth. Many people assume that the story of the baby in the manger at Bethlehem is just another made-up fantasy for kids. In this concise book, respected apologist Rebecca McLaughlin outlines the evidence that Jesus was a real person, explaining the reliability of the Bible’s accounts of his life and why believing in a virgin birth is not as ridiculous as it might sound. This book shows that there is a rational basis for the belief that the world’s most famous story is fact, not fantasy-and how those events in history can infuse our lives today with meaning and joy.

Four Questions Everyone Should Ask About the World's Most Famous Story

Jada Edwards

Jasmine L. Holmes

Hannah Anderson

Rachel Gilson

Jen Pollock Michel

Elizabeth Woodson

Mary Wiley

Ashley Gorman

Does it feel like no matter where you look or what the issue is, everyone seems to be fighting about everything? We live in the information age, with more access to knowledge than ever before, flowing to us in a never-ending digital stream of updates, statistics, polls, opinions, news, and narratives from those on opposing sides of any issue. And while we’d assume this influx of information would help us find a good, informed way forward in our culture, it actually stirs up all sorts of anger, anxiety, and even loneliness. This all contributes to an increasingly defensive society that feels like it’s not only fracturing, but could go up in flames at any moment. If you’re anything like the contributors to World on Fire, you’ve realized that all this knowledge isn’t the same thing as wisdom. While our world relies on expected, reflexive, status-quo, earthly wisdom to make a way forward or take a side on any given issue, Christ would rather us rely on his unexpected, counterintuitive, going-against-the- grain, heavenly wisdom as outlined in his famous Beatitudes. This surprising wisdom is not a call to be removed from the fire we feel blazing around us, but one to engage and tame it—beginning with our own hearts. Whatever those nearest you seem to be arguing about today, and no matter what the fire looks like in your neck of the woods, Jesus has an answer for the ways his kingdom citizens should walk as they navigate the flames in his power and posture. In their own unique voice and in their own unique way, each contributor in World on Fire welcomes you to come explore not only some of the polarizing issues of our day, but how the unexpected wisdom of Jesus might help us be more discerning and Christlike amidst them.

Rebecca McLaughlin

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