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  • Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest: From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again, By Ruth Haley Barton
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    Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest

    From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again

    Transforming Resources

    by Ruth Haley Barton
    Foreword by Ronald Rolheiser

    Will You Accept God's Gift of Sabbath Rest?

    In our frenzied culture, the possibility of living in balanced rhythms of work and rest often feels elusive. This rings especially true for pastors and leaders who carry the weight of nonstop responsibility. Most know they need rest but might be surprised to find within themselves a deep resistance to letting go and resting in God ...

  • Hear Ye the Word of the Lord: What We Miss If We Only Read the Bible, By D. Brent Sandy
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    Hear Ye the Word of the Lord

    What We Miss If We Only Read the Bible

    by D. Brent Sandy
    Foreword by John H. Walton

    Long before the words of the Bible were written, God's communication through the spoken word rang out loud and clear. Jesus in particular commissioned representatives to speak on his behalf even during the time of his earthly ministry. And yet today we are a reading culture. It is easy for modern Christians to take for granted that the Bible was handed down in written form, ...

  • Hear My Prayer: Learning from the Faith of Elijah—A 6-Week Bible Study Experience, By Liz Ditty
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    Hear My Prayer

    Learning from the Faith of Elijah—A 6-Week Bible Study

    IVP Bible Study Experience

    by Liz Ditty

    Does prayer matter?

    What we believe about prayer reflects what we believe about God. Maybe you believe God is all-powerful and wise, but not attentive to your little corner of the world? Fortunately, the Bible tells us a different story. Over and over again, we are reminded that God is both great and good, and that we are cared for and fully known by him. So God welcomes ...

  • Priorities: Tyranny of the Urgent, By Charles Hummel
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    Priorities

    Tyranny of the Urgent

    Christian Basics Bible Studies

    by Charles Hummel

    Have you ever wished for a thirty-hour day? Does your list of unfinished tasks--unanswered letters, unvisited friends, unread books--grow larger and larger each week? If so, you desperately need relief. Six studies drawn from Charles Hummel's Tyranny of the Urgent will help you put your life back in order by focusing on God's "to do" list instead of your own.

    Number of Studies: 6

  • Basic Discipleship, By Floyd McClung
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    Basic Discipleship

    by Floyd McClung

    The Basics:

    • Living under Christ's lordship
    • Remaining faithful
    • Finding God's will
    • Turning away from sin
    • Nurturing humility
    • Evangelizing with our whole lives

    The basics begin at the beginning. And that's where Floyd McClung starts. What does it mean for Christ to be Lord of my whole life? Why is that important? How does it happen? ...

  • The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History, By Robert Tracy McKenzie
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    The First Thanksgiving

    What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History

    by Robert Tracy McKenzie

    Foreword Book of the Year Award Finalist

    The Pilgrims' celebration of the first Thanksgiving is a keystone of America's national and spiritual identity. But is what we've been taught about them or their harvest feast what actually happened? And if not, what difference does it make?

    Through the captivating story of the birth of this quintessentially American ...

  • Living in Bonus Time: Surviving Cancer, Finding New Purpose, By Alec Hill
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    Living in Bonus Time

    Surviving Cancer, Finding New Purpose

    by Alec Hill

    Cancer confronts us with our mortality. But cancer survivors find ourselves with a second chance for life. We grapple with profound questions: Why am I still here? How did I survive when others didn't? Where is God in all this? And how should I live differently now? Those who experience and survive cancer live in bonus time, a season of grace that can be both disorienting and wonderful. ...

  • Mobilizing Hope: Faith-Inspired Activism for a Post-Civil Rights Generation, By Adam Taylor
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    Mobilizing Hope

    Faith-Inspired Activism for a Post-Civil Rights Generation

    by Adam Taylor
    Foreword by Jim Wallis

    Martin Luther King Jr. read the words of the apostle Paul to the church in Rome--"Be transformed by the renewing of your mind"--as a call not to retreat from the world but to lead the world into the kingdom of God, where peace and justice reign. In King's day the presenting problem was entrenched racism; the movement of God was a revolution in civil rights and human dignity. Now Adam Taylor draws ...

  • The Vulnerable Pastor: How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry, By Mandy Smith
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    The Vulnerable Pastor

    How Human Limitations Empower Our Ministry

    by Mandy Smith
    Foreword by David Hansen

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    Leadership Journal's Best Ministry Books of the Year

    Often as pastors we feel like we need to project strength and competency in order ...

  • The Message of Matthew: The Kingdom of Heaven, By E. Michael Green
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    The Message of Matthew

    The Kingdom of Heaven

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by E. Michael Green

    Matthew's Gospel is the first—and perhaps the most important—single document of the New Testament. In it you will find the fullest and most systematic account of the birth, life, teaching, death, and resurrection of the founder of Christianity, Jesus the Messiah. In this Bible Speaks Today volume, Michael Green shows how this very Jewish Gospel portrays the power and purpose of ...