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  • The Worship Maze: Finding a Style to Fit Your Church, By Paul Basden
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    The Worship Maze

    Finding a Style to Fit Your Church

    by Paul Basden

    Worship has become a problem. It is the center of the Christian life, but like so much else in our kaleidoscopic late-modern world, worship has gotten complicated. Confusing. And even controversial. Church leaders and laypeople have joined the debate over "traditional," "contemporary" and a growing array of other worship styles. Pastor (and professor) Paul Basden believes worship should be the ...

  • Deep Mentoring: Guiding Others on Their Leadership Journey, By Randy D. Reese and Robert Loane
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    Deep Mentoring

    Guiding Others on Their Leadership Journey

    by Randy D. Reese and Robert Loane
    Foreword by Eugene H. Peterson

    "God is in the business of raising up leaders." —J. Robert (Bobby) Clinton When good leaders are needed, when the work is urgent, our immediate reaction is to enlist new leaders. Instead we are called to invest in new leaders. Good leaders are developed in and through slow, deep mentoring. To think otherwise is to embrace the myth of the quick fix. We proceed, instead, by paying ...

  • Listening to God in Times of Choice: The Art of Discerning God's Will, By Gordon T. Smith
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    Listening to God in Times of Choice

    The Art of Discerning God's Will

    by Gordon T. Smith

    All Christians yearn to live at the center of God's will. But how to discern his will is an art that eludes many of us. And the advice we get often conflicts. Some tell us to look for a divine "blueprint"-the one perfect plan for our lives that we need to find. We are encouraged to search the Scriptures and hunt for signs, trying to uncover the map of our lives that God has drawn. Others have ...

  • Finding Freedom in Constraint: Reimagining Spiritual Disciplines as a Communal Way of Life, By Jared Patrick Boyd
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    Finding Freedom in Constraint

    Reimagining Spiritual Disciplines as a Communal Way of Life

    by Jared Patrick Boyd
    Foreword by Todd Hunter

    The constraints of the spiritual life, practiced in community, are what set us free. Practicing spiritual disciplines can seem difficult, especially when we undertake them as isolated individuals. But we were never meant to practice them alone.

    Jared Patrick Boyd reveals how the constraints practiced in Christian community shape us into the way of Christ. He re-anchors the ...

  • The Resilience Factor: A Step-by-Step Guide to Catalyze an Unbreakable Team, By Ryan T. Hartwig and Léonce B. Crump Jr. and Warren Bird
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    The Resilience Factor

    A Step-by-Step Guide to Catalyze an Unbreakable Team

    by Ryan T. Hartwig, Léonce B. Crump Jr., and Warren Bird
    Foreword by Tod Bolsinger

    Want to unleash the "remarkable" in your team?

    The potential of a team of God-inspired, talented, committed people is boundless. But without resilience—including the savvy and skill to get up again (and again) when the going gets tough—teams simply cannot thrive or lead well. Resilience is what sets great leaders and teams apart from those that literally fall apart. It's what's ...

  • Stewards in the Kingdom: A Theology of Life in All Its Fullness, By R. Scott Rodin
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    Stewards in the Kingdom

    A Theology of Life in All Its Fullness

    by R. Scott Rodin

    Too often we think stewardship concerns only the money we give to the church. But in the image of the steward, the Bible offers a perspective on our entire relationship with God. Here we have a full and fresh picture of being Jesus' disciples and living life in all its fullness. R. Scott Rodin unpacks what it means for us to be stewards in the kingdom of the triune God of grace. This theology of ...

  • Window on the World: An Operation World Prayer Resource, Edited by Molly Wall and Jason Mandryk
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    Window on the World

    An Operation World Prayer Resource

    Operation World Resources

    Edited by Molly Wall and Jason Mandryk

    Window on the World is your ticket to travel around the world! If you appreciate Operation World as an adult, your kids will love this invaluable and age-appropriate prayer resource that develops cultural, political, and geographical awareness through a Christian lens. Find out how God is changing the lives of families everywhere through prayer—from the frozen Arctic to the hottest ...

  • The Message of Malachi, By Peter Adam
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    The Message of Malachi

    The Bible Speaks Today Series

    by Peter Adam

    The book of Malachi fittingly sits in Christian Bibles as the last book of the Old Testament, which it assumes, summarizes, and applies. Yet it also looks forward to the New Testament with its promises of the coming reign of God.

    A striking feature of the book is the people of God's inconsistent faithfulness. God's people neither serve God wholeheartedly nor turn entirely ...

  • Christ-Shaped Character: Choosing Love, Faith and Hope, By Helen Cepero
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    Christ-Shaped Character

    Choosing Love, Faith and Hope

    by Helen Cepero

    Honorable Mention for Classic Christian Spirituality, from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore

    "Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love." —1 Corinthians 13:13

    What are the pathways that lead us to God? This is a book about what happens when we find those pathways. You will discover the values and virtues that grow ...

  • Comfort in the Ashes: Explorations in the Book of Job to Support Trauma Survivors, By Michelle K. Keener
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    Comfort in the Ashes

    Explorations in the Book of Job to Support Trauma Survivors

    by Michelle K. Keener
    Foreword by Scot McKnight

    Navigating Trauma in the Church

    It's time for church leaders and believers to stop offering prettily packaged responses from a safe distance. It's time for us to sit in the ashes with the hurting, our Sunday clothes covered in dirt and grime, our faces lined with tears. Trauma brings people to the ash heap, so that is where the church needs to go.

    The church ...