Instructive Christian Books in Greensboro, North Carolina

Put your life on the right path with the Christian books from Robert B. Shaw Ministries in Greensboro, North Carolina. Both Created for Significance and Created for Covering are available through Amazon™, Barnes & Noble™, and WestBow Publishers™, a division of Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Created for Significance

Discovering Our Human Core Longings, Who Defines Us, and How We Reverse Identity Theft.

We need answers—answers that are sure and dependable, answers that bring goodness and contentment. Today, perhaps more than ever before, the human condition has been confused and in turmoil. We are longing for essential aspects to fulfill our needs, but often fall short of the true fulfillment.

We are created with core longings that were designed to be ultimately fulfilled by God. However, we have been hurt by bad relationships, abuse and neglect, unfulfilled promises, and shortcomings of our own. As we begin the Created for series, we will introduce these six core longings and begin with the focus on significance. My prayer is that you will find healing for your soul and restoration for your spirit.

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Created for Covering

Understanding the Concept of Safety and Covering In Relationships for Men and Women

Safety is one of the core longings in every human being. Safety seems to be more difficult to come by these days. The feeling of safety begins in a family, in the family relationships. Over the last few decades, our society has gone through many changes that have affected people and the way we relate to each other. One of those changes is the growing yet subtle pursuit of self-centered independence.

This book can help us discover (or rediscover) the benefits of living under God’s design, as it relates to the concept of covering. We are all created to be under a covering. God designed us to be free—but not independent! Come and explore, from the beginning through today, how men and women and their families can relate to each other in such a way as to have an impact upon their world. God has covered us, recovered us, and desires for us to be responsible in covering what He has given us.

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Created for Purpose

Answering the Common Question, “What Am I Here For?”

We have lost our way. Many people struggle to find not just who they are but where they’re going. Today the choices are seemingly endless and vast, making the discovery of one’s purpose more confusing and difficult. Or so it may seem. Men and women are able to choose from so much more of what the world can offer. As a result, people often find that what they choose may be practical but not fulfilling. We often choose what will bring us the most income and financial rewards, which is indeed important, but often at the expense of our passions and dreams—if we even know what our passions and dreams are. People are seeking happiness, when what they really want is peace and contentment.

Happiness is circumstantial and fleeting. Peace and contentment are sustainable and are developed through meeting our core longing for purpose. Codes of relativism and situational ethics have especially clouded our sense of purpose. Yet, there is an answer for us to return to our true sense of purpose.

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Created for Understanding

The Longing to Be Understood & Understanding God and Others”

One of the more frustrating experiences we can have is the feeling of being misunderstood. One of the human core longings is to feel understood. We all desire to understand ourselves, others, and even God. All relationships require levels of understanding for them to be fulfilling and satisfying. All relationships require communication. We all communicate. However, we are not all understood – at least not as often as we would like. Fast moving life-styles, constant exposure to media, changes occurring at break-neck speeds all seem to leave the ability to watch, look, and listen to each other more challenging than ever before. We are overly distracted, self-oriented, cynical, and desensitized. We have learned to tune each other out. Having a great deal of knowledge does not always translate into the ability to truly understand. If we would spend the time and slow down the process, we would have a better chance of developing understanding and wisdom.

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Created for Belonging

Understanding the Longing to Feel Connected and to Whom

Ultimately, we belong to God. He created us. He loves us. He provided the world where we live for our benefit. He desires for us to be in relationship, first and foremost, with him and then with one another. We are created in his image, where, if we truly examine ourselves, we find that we cannot find any other way to discover our ultimate meaning and connectedness outside of being connected ultimately to God. Sin separates. That’s why God hates sin. He is a relational God, and he hates sin because it separates us from him.

The study of psychology reveals to us the need in every human being to feel connected and significant, revealing that without them, the ability to thrive as an individual is hampered or may not occur at all. Coupled with God’s Word and the transforming power of the Holy Spirit, we can experience some life-giving truths about our need for belonging.

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Created for Love

Discovering What Love Is, What Love Isn't & What Love Does

While I realize that there are countless books about love and relationships, and the aspects of what relationship love looks like, I am addressing love from a different angle – an angle that is not often seen. There is a diabolical force that blocks the ability to feel and express love. This force is truly the “dark side” since it is underlying our every attempt to give and obtain the most important and powerful force in the universe. Love can overcome anything, as long as we know the origin of and the Giver of love. It all starts with understanding the intricacies of love and the forces that would hinder and even attempt to destroy love. Most of us have asked ourselves during portions of our life, why we may do what we do, and why the world around us is so hostile, resistant, and self-centered. As we observe the world around us, a truly honest person will notice one essential truth – the further we drift from the love of God, the less we experience love in our lives! The results are, the more we turn against God, the more we turn against each other. The more we disconnect from God in our devotion and worship, the more we disconnect from one another and become more self-centered and isolated.