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paperbackFail
Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure
by J.R. Briggs
Foreword by Eugene H. PetersonBest Books About the Church from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore
"I thought God had called me to plant this church. Why did we have to shut our doors after only three years?"
"I was at my breaking point. Then I got the news that our nine-year-old daughter had leukemia. I would have quit ministry forever, but I had no other employable skills."
"False accusations ...
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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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hardcoverEmbracing Rhythms of Work and Rest
From Sabbath to Sabbatical and Back Again
Transforming Resources
by Ruth Haley Barton
Foreword by Ronald RolheiserWill 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 ...
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paperbackNeither Poverty nor Riches
A Biblical Theology of Possessions
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Craig L. Blomberg
Series edited by D. A. CarsonGive me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread. (Proverbs 30:8) One of the most difficult questions facing Christians today is that of the proper attitude toward possessions. In wealthy nations such as Britain and the USA, individuals accumulate much and yet are daily exposed to the plight of the poor, whether the homeless on their own city streets or starving children ...
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paperbackThe Dust of Death
The Sixties Counterculture and How It Changed America Forever
The IVP Signature Collection
by Os Guinness
In 1968, at the climax of the sixties, Os Guinness visited the United States for the first time. There he was struck by an impression he'd already felt in England and elsewhere: beneath all the idealism and struggle for freedom was a growing disillusionment and loss of meaning. "Underneath the efforts of a generation," he wrote, "lay dust." Even more troubling, Christians seemed ...
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paperbackPeople-Pleasing Pastors
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Approval-Motivated Leadership
by Charles Stone
Foreword by Ed Stetzer- 12th Annual Outreach Resource of the Year Recommendation (Leadership)
Pastors and church leaders often fall into the trap of people-pleasing. Charles Stone?s research on thousands of pastors and ministry leaders demonstrates the dangers of approval-motivated leadership. Bringing together biblical insights and neuroscience findings, Stone shows why we fall ...
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paperbackBiblical Foundations for Small Group Ministry
An Integrational Approach
by Gareth Weldon Icenogle
Small groups have had a major influence on the growth of the church in recent years. They are an important place for ministry, community and discipleship. Yet all too often small group programming has taken place apart from consideration of its biblical underpinnings. Gareth Icenogle thoroughly examines both Old and New Testaments for the basis of small group ministry. He considers the texts in ...
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paperbackEvery Leaf, Line, and Letter
Evangelicals and the Bible from the 1730s to the Present
Edited by Timothy Larsen
"I was filled with a pining desire to see Christ's own words in the Bible. . . . I got along to the window where my Bible was and I opened it and . . . every leaf, line, and letter smiled in my face." —The Spiritual Travels of Nathan Cole, 1765
From its earliest days, Christians in the movement known as evangelicalism have had "a particular regard for the Bible," ...
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paperbackWelcoming the Stranger
by Matthew Soerens, Jenny Yang, and Leith Anderson
Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten List
Immigration is one of the most complicated issues of our time. Voices on all sides argue strongly for action and change. Christians find themselves torn between the desire to uphold laws and the call to minister to the vulnerable.
In this book World Relief immigration experts Matthew Soerens and Jenny Yang move beyond the rhetoric ...
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shrinkwrapped itemsEarly Christian Mission
by Eckhard J. Schnabel
How is it that a first-generation Jewish messianic movement undertook a mission to the pagan world and rapidly achieved a momentum that would have a lasting impact on world history? In this monumental two-volume study, Eckhard Schnabel provides a unified and detailed picture of the rise and growth of early Christian mission. He begins with a search for a missionary impulse in ...
