Back to the Lake 3e includes new chapters on writing paragraphs and using rhetorical modes in academic writing--which shows how the patterns taught in this book are used in the kinds of writing college students are expected to do. New readings are on timely topics that will engage students. Templates and marginal notes that explicitly link the readings and the writing instruction help students apply the lessons in this book to their own writing.

Do you feel the tension between the pleasures of earth and the purpose of heaven? You want to enjoy life in this world--the beauty of God's creation and the rich love of deep relationships with others--yet you wonder if you were made for more. You long to be radically committed to Jesus, but you're not sure what that means for your everyday life.

Michael Wittmer explains how to bring your human and Christian lives together. When you grasp God's story, you'll understand that not only is it possible to serve Jesus and still enjoy your life, but it's the only way you can.

Written in a devotional style that is theologically rich and biblically accurate, Becoming Worldly Saints helps you understand who you are and why you are here. You can live with joy--free from false guilt--in a not-yet-redeemed world.

"It made me laugh out loud. This is popular theology at its best."--Al Wolters

In this world 100,000 people a day are becoming Christians, in some countries the number outstrips the birth rate. Each week 1600 new congregations are formed.This is not a story you will be familiar with through your news media!

Even in cynical Britain, for the ten years that straddled the 20th and 21st century divide, evangelical churches across all denominations saw an average 68% increase in regular attendees.

For you who have become one of those new believers, and also for those curious at such a phenomenon, Richard Bewes, the senior pastor of one of the largest churches in London, England, guides you into becoming a mature believer.

Robert Murray McCheyne's fervent love of the gospel shone clearly through everything he wrote and said, often leading him to tears while he preached. This short book brings together seven such sermons, in which McCheyne expounds the glories of life in Christ. Shorter and more easily digestible than some of his written works, but lacking none of the biblical depth, these sermons make for powerful devotional material.