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  • Relational Leadership: A Biblical Model for Influence and Service, By Walter C. Wright Jr.
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    Relational Leadership

    A Biblical Model for Influence and Service

    by Walter C. Wright Jr.
    Foreword by Richard J. Mouw and Eugene H. Peterson

    Leadership. What does it mean? How do I do it? Who is a leader and who is not? Relational Leadership will stimulate your thinking about leadership and management, causing you to both ask questions and find answers. Ultimately, this will enable you to invest yourself in people for the sake of the kingdom. Drawing on leadership theory, his own experience and insights from Jude, Philemon ...

  • Defeating Pharisaism: Recovering Jesus' Disciple-Making Method, By Gary Tyra
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    Defeating Pharisaism

    Recovering Jesus' Disciple-Making Method

    by Gary Tyra

    Pharisaism (legalism, dogmatism, separatism, judgmentalism, etc.) is alive and well and a destructive force in too many evangelical churches. This plague hinders effective outreach, burns out professional and lay leaders and has contributed to the mass alienation of tens of thousands of young people from evangelical churches to the point where they have no church affiliation at all or they associate ...

  • Life After Church: God's Call to Disillusioned Christians, By Brian Sanders
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    Life After Church

    God's Call to Disillusioned Christians

    by Brian Sanders

    Life without church. It's getting easier to imagine. And maybe you already left. A leaver, then. Committed to Jesus, not an institution. Perhaps you've left your church in spirit, remaining in the pew. Outwardly silent. Secretly bored. In either case, Brian Sanders has a word for you. Out of his own experience as a leaver, Brian distills the complex problem into two viable options:

    • Stay. ...
  • Empowered Church Leadership: Ministry in the Spirit According to Paul, By Brian J. Dodd
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    Empowered Church Leadership

    Ministry in the Spirit According to Paul

    by Brian J. Dodd

    You've seen or heard the promises:

    • Proven leadership strategies.
    • Grow your church by 30 percent.
    • Increase your budget through sound marketing principles.

    The lure of success can be seductive, and the adoption of secular standards or methods to achieve it may seem a small but necessary price to pay. Brian J. Dodd, however, holds out a different model for us, ...

  • Want more context as you begin to study Habakkuk? This introduction will give you the background you need as you read the Daily Quiet Time Bible Study. We hope you continue to discover the riches of Scripture and draw closer to God as you join the millions who have used this free devotional resource.

  • The Decline of African American Theology: From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity, By Thabiti M. Anyabwile
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    The Decline of African American Theology

    From Biblical Faith to Cultural Captivity

    by Thabiti M. Anyabwile
    Foreword by Mark A. Noll

    Who were Jupiter Hammon, Lemuel Haynes and Daniel Alexander Payne? And what do they have in common with Martin Luther King Jr., Howard Thurman and James Cone? All of these were African American Christian theologians, yet their theologies are, in many ways, worlds apart. In this book, Thabiti Anyabwile offers a challenging and provocative assessment of the history of African American Christian theology, ...

  • Biblical Theology According to the Apostles: How the Earliest Christians Told the Story of Israel, By Chris Bruno and Jared Compton and Kevin McFadden
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    Biblical Theology According to the Apostles

    How the Earliest Christians Told the Story of Israel

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Chris Bruno, Jared Compton, and Kevin McFadden
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    Biblical Foundations Book Awards Runner up and Finalist

    How did the apostles understand the Old Testament?

    Although relatively few in number, the New Testament's explicit summaries of the Old Testament story of Israel give readers direct access into the way the earliest Christians told this story—that is to say, into the way they did biblical theology.

    This ...

  • Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics: Foundations and Principles of Evangelical Biblical Interpretation, By Graeme Goldsworthy
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    Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics

    Foundations and Principles of Evangelical Biblical Interpretation

    by Graeme Goldsworthy

    While there are many books on hermeneutics, Graeme Goldsworthy's perception is that evangelical contributions often do not give sufficient attention to the vital relationship between hermeneutics and theology, both systematic and biblical. In this new paperback edition of Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics, Goldsworthy moves beyond a reiteration of the usual arguments to concentrate on the theological ...