New Releases by Kathleen Dalton

This 10-lesson Bible Study in Galatians shows us that, as Christians, our own sinful nature plays a little trick on us. Our pride starts us to thinking, "Well, yes, I need a Savior...yes, I'm a sinner...but I'd rather not feel like such a loser. I'd rather feel like my Savior loved me because I'm so lovable. I will do better in this area, or in that area...or I will do this extra good deed, or that one....and that will make me better in His eyes...I'll be more worthy to be saved." And in so thinking we slide away from the side of the One Who died so that we could be worthy. We begin to listen to another Gospel - the Gospel of works. We begin to love another savior - the one we've made up in our minds. Paul writes to them from a heart of love - reminding them that they are not slaves to works - they are.....Free!!!

If you are a Christian, you are different. You are not the same as the unbelieving people who live around you. You may look the same. You may dress the same. You may eat the same. You may work in the same places and live in the same neighborhoods. But you are totally, radically, different. In this five-lesson Bible Study you will see that you are: Chosen, United, Submitted, Alerted, and Shepherded. And you'll find that it's perfectly normal for you to be different. If you are daily walking with the One Who gave His life for you, you should feel like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon....finally free to be who you were always meant to be.

A 10-Lesson Verse-by-Verse Bible Study on the Christmas Story, from the books of Luke and Matthew. This study has been prepared for your individual, devotional use, or for your Small Group Bible Study.

A Chapter-by-Chapter Bible Study of the first of the Apostle John's three letters, found at the end of the New Testament. 1st John is an excellent Bible study for those who are wanting to know the basics of how to be a Christian. This study has been specially prepared for use in your personal devotional time, or for a resource as you lead a small group Bible Study.

A chapter-by-chapter Bible Study of the Old Testament book of Esther. The true story of how the courage and faith of one Jewish woman saved her people from mass genocide. This study has been especially formatted for your own devotional use, or for a resource as you lead a small group Bible Study.

A 7-Lesson Bible Study of the Old Testament prophets, Jonah and Nahum. For use either in your own personal Bible Study time, or to help you lead a Bible Study discussion group. It is divided into several lessons, usually covering one Bible chapter. Each lesson has two (2) parts: 1. Questions for you to use as you read and think through the scripture. 2. Answers to those questions with my comments and thoughts. If you are leading a discussion group, I suggest making sure each member of your group has a copy of the next week's questions in advance so that they can prepare if they want to. Preparation for a Bible Study is one way to establish the habit of getting into the Word every day.

Sagamore Hill was the home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States, from 1885 until his death in 1919. During Roosevelt's time in office, his "Summer White House" was the focus of international attention. Sagamore Hill is a unit of the National Park System. This historic resource study focuses on Roosevelt's life at Sagamore Hill.

He inherited a sense of entitlement (and obligation) from his family, yet eventually came to see his own class as suspect. He was famously militaristic, yet brokered peace between Russia and Japan. He started out an archconservative, yet came to champion progressive causes. These contradictions are not evidence of vacillating weakness: instead, they were the product of a restless mind bend on a continuous quest for self-improvement. In Theodore Roosevelt, historian Kathleen Dalton reveals a man with a personal and intellectual depth rarely seen in our public figures. She shows how Roosevelt’s struggle to overcome his frailties as a child helped to build his character, and offers new insights into his family life, uncovering the important role that Roosevelt’s second wife, Edith Carow, played in the development of his political career. She also shows how TR flirted with progressive reform and then finally commited himself to deep reform in the Bull Moose campaign of 1912. Incorporating the latest scholarship into a vigorous narrative, Dalton reinterprets both the man and his times to create an illuminating portrait that will change the way we see this great man and the Progressive Era.

A Portrait of a School: Coeducation at Andover is the first comprehensive study of how gender works out on a day to day basis in an American high school. Using school records, survey research, interviews, and school archives, Kathleen M. Dalton reports for the first time on the long term effects of policy making to acheive sex equity in what was the oldest boys' boarding school in America. Is coeducation or single sex education the best way to educate adolescents? This is basic reading for anyone who seeks to understand gender and education.