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  • Spiritual Mentoring: A Guide for Seeking  Giving Direction, By Keith R. Anderson and Randy D. Reese
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    Spiritual Mentoring

    A Guide for Seeking Giving Direction

    by Keith R. Anderson and Randy D. Reese

    Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens . . . another. (Proverbs 27:17)As we seek God together we come to know him more deeply. That's the idea behind Spiritual Mentoring. Spiritual mentoring is an ages-old practice that Keith Anderson and Randy Reese introduce in a way that fits life as we know it today.Spiritual mentoring is not only for pastors or saints. Mentors are ordinary ...

  • New Testament Essentials: Father, Son, Spirit and Kingdom, By Robbie F. Castleman
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    New Testament Essentials

    Father, Son, Spirit and Kingdom

    The Essentials Set

    by Robbie F. Castleman

    "I was introduced to the gospel of Jesus Christ as a college student. The Jesus of the New Testament overwhelmed me, and by God?s grace Jesus still does," writes professor Robbie Castleman, author of New Testament Essentials. Her love of Jesus and Scripture is evident in this study, which seeks to answer the question Jesus? disciples posed: "What kind of man is this?" (Matthew 8:27).

    New ...

    Number of Studies: 12

  • Basic Christian Leadership: Biblical Models of Church, Gospel and Ministry, By John Stott
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    Basic Christian Leadership

    Biblical Models of Church, Gospel and Ministry

    by John Stott

    "God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." (1 Corinthians 1:27)Those in Christian leadership might suspect that this verse invalidates the day-to-day reality of their ministries. They often feel that they must project strength and certainty in order to preach and minister credibly. But does this run counter ...

  • Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel, Edited by John R. Franke
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    Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel

    Volume 4

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by John R Franke
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    The history of the entry into the Promised Land followed by the period of the Judges and early monarchy may not appear to readers today as a source for expounding the Christian faith. But the church fathers readily found parallels, or types, in the narrative that illumined the New Testament. An obvious link was the similarity in name between Joshua, Moses' successor, and Jesus—indeed, ...

  • Identity and Idolatry: The Image of God and Its Inversion, By Richard Lints
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    Identity and Idolatry

    The Image of God and Its Inversion

    New Studies in Biblical Theology

    by Richard Lints
    Series edited by D. A. Carson

    One of Desiring God's Top 15 Books

    "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Genesis 1:27)

    Genesis 1:26-27 has served as the locus of most theological anthropologies in the central Christian tradition. However, Richard Lints observes that too rarely have these verses been understood as conceptually interwoven ...

  • Fail: Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure, By J.R. Briggs
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    Fail

    Finding Hope and Grace in the Midst of Ministry Failure

    by J.R. Briggs
    Foreword by Eugene H Peterson

    Best 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 ...

  • The Twelve Prophets: Volume 14, Edited by Alberto Ferreiro
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    The Twelve Prophets

    Volume 14

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Alberto Ferreiro
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    "And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, [the risen Jesus] interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself" (Lk 24:27).

    The church fathers mined the Old Testament throughout for prophetic utterances regarding the Messiah, but few books yielded as much messianic ore as the Twelve Prophets, sometimes known as the Minor Prophets because of the relative ...

  • The Twelve Prophets, Edited by Alberto Ferreiro
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    The Twelve Prophets

    Volume 14

    Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture

    Edited by Alberto Ferreiro
    General Editor Thomas C. Oden

    "And beginning with Moses and all the prophets, [the risen Jesus] interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself" (Lk 24:27).

    The church fathers mined the Old Testament throughout for prophetic utterances regarding the Messiah, but few books yielded as much messianic ore as the Twelve Prophets, sometimes known as the Minor Prophets because of the relative ...