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paperbackMarriage Counseling
A Christian Approach to Counseling Couples
by Everett L. Worthington Jr.
Marriages are in trouble today. That is clear. Effective mothods of combating this trend are less evident. Counselors, pastors and social workers need more than mere theories or mere moralizing. They need a practical and comprehensive model for understanding couples and their problems. They need a throughly Christian perspective that is biblical, compassionate and human.Everett Worthington provides ...
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paperbackFamily Discipleship That Works
Guiding Your Child to Know, Love, and Act Like Jesus
by Brian Dembowczyk
Christianity Today Book Awards Finalist—Marriage, Family, and Singleness
Family discipleship is one of the most basic ways God has ordained to build his kingdom—and yet most parents struggle to do it consistently.
Amid our busyness, the multitude of different approaches, and our own self-doubts, the deck seems stacked against us. But Brian Dembowczyk ...
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paperbackSaving the Bible from Ourselves
Learning to Read and Live the Bible Well
by Glenn R. Paauw
ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist
Does the Bible need to be saved?Over the course of the centuries, Bible scholars and publishers have increasingly added "helps"—chapter divisions, verses, subheads, notes—to the Bible in aneffort to make it easier to study and understand. In the process, however, these have led to sampling Scripture rather than reading deeply. According to ...
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paperbackWho Moved My Neighborhood?
Leading Congregations Through Gentrification and Economic Change
by Mark E. Strong
Foreword by Harold Calvin RayNeighborhoods are moving. While neighborhood changes can mean exciting and fresh opportunities for some, the experience can be vastly different for long-time residents. The rapid movement of people means changes in employment, economics, landscape, demographics, and the feel of a community. Churches often experience the painful impact of these shifts. Depending on how a church navigates ...
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paperbackLeadership Essentials
Shaping Vision, Multiplying Influence, Defining Character
The Essentials Set
by Greg Ogden and Daniel Meyer
Leadership is essential.
Maybe you've shied away from leadership because you don't know what it will involve, or you feel too unsure of your own abilities. But your leadership is needed! In every sector of society, from families to businesses to churches, leadership roles remain empty, waiting for people willing and able to step up and make wise decisions that bring positive change. And, in ...
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Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen is the co-host of the radio show and podcast Filmspotting, as well as editor and film critic at Think Christian, a faith and culture website. He’s been writing and speaking about movies professionally for more than two decades.Josh’s career began in the mainstream newspaper business, where he started out as a beat reporter for a weekly community newspaper and went on to become the film critic for the Chicago-based Sun-Times Media for more than ten years. In 2011,he joined the Christian media landscape as editor of Think Christian, and in 2012 he joined the long-running weekly podcast Filmspotting, aired on WBEZ in Chicago.A veteran of the Sundance, Toronto, and Chicago International Film Festivals, Josh has given talks on film and faith at various Christian colleges. He also led the “Ebert Interruptus,” a tradition established by Roger Ebert that analyzes a single film scene by scene over several days, at the University of Colorado’sConference on World Affairs. Josh lives in the Chicago area with his wife and two daughters.
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paperbackEldership and the Mission of God
Equipping Teams for Faithful Church Leadership
by J.R. Briggs and Bob Hyatt
Foreword by Alan HirschEvery church needs leadership. But leadership should not reside in a single pastor. The biblical model for church leadership is found in teams of elders who together guide the community into God's mission. Church leaders J.R. Briggs and Bob Hyattprovide a comprehensive picture of elders as agents of mission for their communities. Healthy eldership structures a church for mission, as elder teams ...
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paperback2 Corinthians
A Commentary on the New Testament
The IVP New Testament Commentary Series
by Linda L. Belleville
Though few church squabbles today come close to matching the intensity and seriousness of what Paul faced in the commercial and hedonistic hotbed of Corinth, his strategies and pastoral wisdom in confronting the problems there can still serve as ahelpful model for us in responding to a culture marked by individualism and materialism.In this careful study of 2 Corinthians, readers will find an introduction ...
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paperbackGracism
The Art of Inclusion
BridgeLeader Books
by David A Anderson
With David Heiliger
Foreword by Erwin R. McManusWe can't ignore color, class, or culture. Instead, we must engage matters of race with a different posture and embrace radical inclusion of the marginalized.
Now with David Heiliger, David A. Anderson revives the biblical model for showing special grace to others on the basis of ethnicity, class, or social distinction—one of gracism. Responding to ongoing problems of prejudice ...
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paperbackA Fragile Stone Study Guide
The Emotional Life of Simon Peter
by Michael Card
With Dale Larsen and Sandy Larsen"The ultimate reason for getting to know Peter is so together we might better know Jesus. For the story of Peter is the story of Jesus. Perhaps, if you and I do our best, the same will be said of us someday"--Michael Card.In A Fragile Stone, songwriter and musician Michael Card explores the dynamic, contradictory life of the apostle Peter. The fruit of years of careful study, A Fragile ...
