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paperbackThe Theological Turn in Youth Ministry
by Andrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean
Christianity Today Book Award of Merit winner
What haunts your youth group? So often we avoid talking about doubts and fears because we feel inadequately equipped to address them in any meaningful way. The crisis of existence can't be answered with pat Sunday school formulas or a few Bible verses, let alone another relay race.
The questions our youth ...
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paperbackBasic Christian Leadership
Biblical Models of Church, Gospel and Ministry
by John Stott
Leadership today is no easy task. Christian leaders called to shepherd others get caught in power struggles and are tempted to abuse their pastoral authority. Pastors feel that they must project strength and certainty in order to preach and minister credibly. Too often our models of leadership are shaped more by culture than by Christ. John Stott offers an alternative vision in this biblical approach ...
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paperbackReconnecting God's Story to Ministry
Cross-cultural Storytelling at Home and Abroad
by Tom A. Steffen
We often think stories are for children. But using the Bible as evidence, we see that God communicated His truth to men and women of all cultures, time, and places by way of many small stories forming one large story. While possessing a rich heritage of storytelling, too many evangelicals have forfeited this vital skill. Tom Steffen's aim is to help readers recapture the most natural, universal, ...
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hardcoverDictionary of Major Biblical Interpreters
Edited by Donald K. McKim
- ECPA 2009 Christian Book Award finalist
Biblical Foundations Book Award
From Abelard to Zwingli, the history of Christian biblical interpretation has been shaped by great thinkers who delved deeply into the structure and meaning of Christianity's sacred texts. With over two hundred in-depth articles, the Dictionary of Major Biblical ...
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paperbackTrekking Toward Wholeness
A Resource for Care Group Leaders
by Stephen P. Greggo
Stephen Greggo offers an in-depth exploration of care group leadership from a Christian perspective. Care groups are worth pursuing because they can create a biblically grounded context for corrective healing relationships. Care group leaders engaged in pastoral care, counseling services or spiritual formation will catch a vision for how the core interpersonal process can be instrumental ...
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paperbackReinventing Youth Ministry (Again)
From Bells and Whistles to Flesh and Blood
by Wayne Rice
Reflecting on four-decade-long a career marked by wild social turbulence and remarkably creative and innovative ministry--including game-changing initiatives such as Youth Specialties and the Wittenburg Door--Wayne Rice turns his eye toward those who are to come. What does the future of youth require of the future of youth ministry? For three-dimensional people at the greatest cusp of ...
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paperbackShepherds After My Own Heart
Pastoral Traditions and Leadership in the Bible
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Timothy S. Laniak
Series edited by D. A. CarsonScripture says, "I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding" (Jeremiah 3:15). Most of Israel's pastoral imagery is grounded in two traditions: Moses as God's under-shepherd and David as shepherd-king. These traditions, explains author Timothy S. Laniak, provided prototypes for leaders that followed, and formed the background for the ministry ...
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paperbackA Vision for the Aging Church
Renewing Ministry for and by Seniors
by James M. Houston and Michael Parker
Are we ready for the opportunities and challenges facing the aging church? Now is the time for the church to offer ministry to its increasing numbers of seniors and to benefit from ministry they can offer. In this book James M. Houston and Michael Parker issue an urgent call to reconceive the place and part of the elderly and seniors in the local church congregation. Confronting the idea that ...
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paperbackDon't Blow Up Your Ministry
Defuse the Underlying Issues That Take Pastors Down
by Michael MacKenzie
Foreword by Marshall ShelleyThere's a ticking time bomb in your ministry. Is it you?
The pressures of pastoring are endless, leading many to burnout and depression, sexual misconduct, or substance abuse. But moral failures can be averted and shipwrecked ministries can be repaired. Counselor Michael MacKenzie, a longtime expert in helping pastors at risk, deals with the issues beneath the issues, such ...
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paperbackThe Cross in Context
Reconsidering Biblical Metaphors for Atonement
by Brad Vaughn
Foreword by Joshua M. McNallHow can a doctrine about reconciliation with God create so much controversy among God's people?
Theologian Brad Vaughn believes Christians can gain clarity and unity on the doctrine of the atonement through a renewed attention to the biblical evidence. While theological theories are necessary and useful, they can obscure reality as much as clarify it. And we're often ignorant ...
