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In this interview, author and Christian leader Richard Stearns shares wisdom from a long career in both corporate and ministry leadership. Offering advice from his own experience, he previews many of the themes from his new book Lead Like It Matters to God, including the power of encouragement for motivating others and how our leadership needs to adapt in today's cultural climate.
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How can we discuss love in a way that makes sense to children? Ned Bustard, author of "Saint Valentine the Kindhearted," believes that the timing of Valentine's Day near the beginning of Lent offers the perfect opportunity to engage with your kids about the magnificent and unconditional love of God.
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paperbackCrossover Preaching
Intercultural-Improvisational Homiletics in Conversation with Gardner C. Taylor
Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology
by Jared E. Alcántara
As society becomes more culturally diverse and globally connected, churches and seminaries are rapidly changing. And as the church changes, preaching must change too. Crossover Preaching proposes a way forward through conversation with the "dean of the nation's black preachers," Gardner C. Taylor, senior pastor emeritus of Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York. In this richly interdisciplinary ...
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paperbackAddiction and Virtue
Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice
Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology
by Kent Dunnington
What is the nature of addiction? Neither of the two dominant models (disease or choice) adequately accounts for the experience of those who are addicted or of those who are seeking to help them. In this interdisciplinary work, Kent Dunnington brings the neglected resources of philosophical and theological analysis to bear on the problem of addiction. Drawing on the insights of Aristotle and Thomas ...
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Where do we go when we die? Is hell a real place? What about those who didn't get the chance to hear the gospel, or can't understand it fully? The afterlife—like eschatology—is a thorny theological issue, but these books give us food for thought.
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paperbackEphesians
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by Walter L. Liefeld
"More than any other book of the Bible, Ephesians displays the great purpose and plan of God for the church," Walter Liefeld writes. "It provides a perspective that is unique: God's--and the believer's--view from the 'heavenly realms.'" For those who long to delve into the mind and purposes of God, few books are more helpful than Paul's letter to the Ephesians. Here the apostle paints in broad ...
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hardcoverActs
New Testament Volume 6
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Esther Chung-Kim and Todd R. Hains
Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference
The Reformation was a call to return with renewed vigor to the biblical roots of Christian faith and practice. Still, for the Reformers, the truth of the Bible could never be separated from the true community of God's people gathered by his Word. In the book of Acts, they found God's blueprint for how the church ...
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paperbackMade to Flourish
Beyond Quick Fixes to a Thriving Organization
by Shelley G. Trebesch
Every organization is made to flourish. But when problems arise, quick fixes and poor leadership training can drag it down. The key to a thriving team is to look below the surface at the hidden dynamics that can cause it to lose focus, turn inward or even cease to exist. Budget problems, personality conflicts, mission drift, government regulations—all these and more can tempt us to respond rapidly ...
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J. I. Packer, one of the most respected and well-known theologians of our time, passed away on Friday, July 17, at the age of 93.
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paperbackStrength in Weakness
Healing Sexual and Relational Brokenness
by Andrew Comiskey
Help and hope for men . . .
- undermined by silent fathers
- harassed by pornography and sexual temptation
- afraid of failing those they love most
- angered by past relationships with women
Help and hope for women . . .
- lost in their relationships with others
- betrayed by fathers, husbands or male leaders
- wounded by sexual assault
- paralyzed ...
