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PaperbackTeach Like Jesus
Ask Questions, Tell Stories, and Create Experiences That Change Lives
by David T. Lamb and Shannon T. Lamb
Transform your teaching from ordinary instruction to life-changing learning with the same methods Jesus used to turn fishermen into world changers.
Teach Like Jesus by veteran educators David T. Lamb and Shannon T. Lamb unpacks Christ’s experiential teaching approach that created disciples who turned the world upside down.
This book examines how Jesus taught ...
EbookT. F. Torrance as Missional Theologian
The Ascended Christ and the Ministry of the Church
New Explorations in Theology
by Joseph H. Sherrard
Foreword by Alan TorranceChrist has ascended. Yet his work continues.
Much has been made of a "missional" view of the church in recent theological literature, but largely overlooked in this discussion has been the contribution that T. F. Torrance, the late Church of Scotland minister and theologian, can make to this discussion. Addressing this lacuna, theologian and pastor Joseph Sherrard considers ...
EbookExile: A Conversation with N. T. Wright
Contributions by N. T. Wright
Edited by James M. ScottFew New Testament scholars of recent decades have set the pitch for academic discussion and debate in their field like N. T. Wright. His signature contention, that Israel's continuing exile was a pivotal issue in the emergence of Christianity, hasfound a central place in contemporary New Testament scholarship. Israel had grievously sinned against Yahweh and suffered the judgment of exile from its ...
PaperbackBeyond Colorblind
Redeeming Our Ethnic Journey
by Sarah Shin
Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year
Foreword INDIES Award FinalistFor a generation or so, society has tried to be colorblind. People say they don’t see race. But this approach has limitations. In our broken world, ethnicity and racial identity are often points of pain and injustice. We can’t ignore that God created us with our ethnic identities. ...
PaperbackCampus Life
In Search of Community
by Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Foreword by David Brooks
Contributions by Ernest L Boyer
Edited by Drew Moser and Todd C. ReamIn 1990, under the direction of Ernest Boyer, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching published a classic report on the loss of a meaningful basis for true community on college campuses—and in the nation. Now this expanded editionof Campus Life: In Search of Community reintroduces educational leaders to the Boyer report's proposals while offering up-to-date analysis and ...
PaperbackSpiritual Direction
A Guide to Giving and Receiving Direction
by Gordon T. Smith
We are not alone.God is present with us. And God gives us companions on the journey. A spiritual director is one such companion, offering spiritual guidance to help
- make sense of the faith journey
- interpret the significant markers on the road
- encourage us, particularly through the more difficult transitions and valleys of our pilgrimage
- and, most of all, to notice ...
PaperbackWomen in God's Mission
Accepting the Invitation to Serve and Lead
by Mary T. Lederleitner
Christianity Today 2020 Book of the Year Award, Missions/Global Church
Women have advanced God's mission throughout history and around the world. But women often face particular obstacles in ministry. Whatdo we need to know about how women thrive?
Mission researcher Mary Lederleitner interviewed and surveyed ninety-five respected women in mission ...
PaperbackMinistry in the Digital Age
Strategies and Best Practices for a Post-Website World
by David T. Bourgeois
"Christianity is fundamentally a communication event. It is God revealing God's self to the world. And God uses a large variety of media to accomplish that revelation."—Shane Hipps, author of Flickering PixelsViral videos and retweeted posts fill the air around us. In the midst of constant news feeds and mobile alerts, ministries have unprecedented opportunities to connect with people yearning ...
PaperbackWisdom from Babylon
Leadership for the Church in a Secular Age
by Gordon T. Smith
What does it mean to provide leadership for the church in an increasingly secular context? When religion is privatized and secularism reigns in the public square, Christians are often drawn toward either individualist escapism orconstant cultural warfare. But might this context instead offer a fresh invitation for the church to adapt and thrive?
Gordon Smith is passionate ...
PaperbackInstitutional Intelligence
How to Build an Effective Organization
by Gordon T. Smith
Institutions matter. But we often view them somewhat cynically, perhaps as a necessary evil.
In truth, institutions remain essential to human flourishing. They are the very means by which communities thrive, individual vocations are fulfilled, and society is changed for the good. We all must learn the wisdom of working effectively within institutions—what Gordon Smith calls ...
