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Cover of a book titled '31 Days of Prayer' with the subtitle 'Ascend,' featuring a colorful abstract background with shades of yellow, orange, red, purple, and blue.

Ascend: 31 Days of Prayer

All Christians have a duty to pray. At CRI, we commit to pray daily as an organization. 31 Days is a book of prayers we use for doing so.

Book cover for "Blinding Light" with a bright, abstract, crystalline background and black text. The subtitle is "The Spirituality and Psychology of the Missionary Call" and the author is Dr. Alan B. Pieratt.

Blinding Light

This book was written for people who are considering a vocational call to missionary service. The "blinding light" refers to Paul's experience on the Damascus road where Christ met him and called him into service.

Book cover titled 'Burning Desire' by Alan B. Pieratt, with colorful, abstract brush strokes resembling a sun and rays on a dark background.

Burning Splendor

This short book is a theology of poverty, our way of understanding what Scripture says about our responsibility to the widow, orphan, and refugee. It looks at the revelation of God's heart for the poor through the eyes of Moses, the Prophets, and Christ.

Cover of a book titled 'Ascend: A Primer on Prayer' by Alan B. Pieratt, PhD. The cover features a colorful, abstract background with layered textured paint resembling a mountain range in sunset colors, transitioning from purple to orange to yellow. At the bottom, there is a black strip with white text reading 'Children's Relief International.'

Ascend: A Primer on Prayer

This short book is an interesting introduction on the forms of prayer in Scripture.

The Lord's Prayer covers the most known prayer of Jesus through the lens of other prayers found in the Bible. When Jesus taught us to pray, what kinds of prayer did He include? From invocation to benediction, His prayer captures the heart of prayer, bringing us closer to the Father as we emulate Christ's example.

Book cover titled "The Lord's Prayer: In the Light of Biblical Prayers" by Alan Pieratt, PhD, with a background of swirling yellow and orange sky and a landscape of green mountains and a river.

The Lord’s Prayer