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PaperbackSustainable Young Adult Ministry
Making It Work, Making It Last
by Mark DeVries and Scott Pontier
Young adult ministry scares us.Young adults seem like the elusive Holy Grail demographic in Christian ministry. We often treat them like another species, with an inscrutable culture all their own. To have a thriving ministry to young adults, we're told, we'll need to be up-to-date on all the latest trends. We'll need to change up our worship style. We'll need to make programs. ...
PaperbackThe Universe Next Door
A Basic Worldview Catalog
by James W. Sire
Foreword by James HooverOver 400,000 Copies Sold!
Your Trusted Introduction to the Worldviews That Shape the Western World
For more than forty years, The Universe Next Door has set the standard for a clear, readable introduction to worldviews. Using his widely influential model of eight basic worldview questions, James Sire examines prominent worldviews that have ...
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 ...
PaperbackThe Love of God
A Canonical Model
by John C. Peckham
Readers' Choice Award Winner
"For God so loved the world . . ."
We believe these words, but what do they really mean? Does God choose to love, or does God love necessarily? Is God's love emotional? Does the love of God include desire or enjoyment? Is God's love conditional? Can God receive love from human beings?
Attempts to answer these questions ...
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Richard B. Steele
Richard B. Steele is Professor of Moral and Historical Theology and Associate Dean of the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA where he currently resides. He is the author of "Gracious Affection" and "True Virtue" According to Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley and the editor of "Heart Religion" in the Methodist Tradition and Related Movements. His articles have appeared in numerous theological magazines and reviews.
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PaperbackThe Integrative Mindset
Pathways to Practicing as a Christian Clinician
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Brad D. Strawn and Earl D. Bland
Discover the profound impact of integrating faith and psychology with The Integrative Mindset. Guided by the wisdom of veteran integrative clinicians Brad Strawn and Earl Bland, readers will learn how to cultivate an integrative mindset that harmonizes personal experiences and innate talents with therapeutic practice. Using their combined 60+ years of experience, Strawn and Bland present ...
PaperbackYou Were Never Meant to Lead Alone
The Power of Sharing Leadership
by Eun Kyong Strawser
Afterword by David E. Fitch
Foreword by Alexia SalvatierraBuild a Collaborative and Sustainable Ministry Structure
The work of the church is more than any one person can handle, and God never intended for one pastor to do all a church's ministry alone.
Discover a communal andbiblical model of missional leadership in You Were Never Meant to Lead Alone. In this book, E. K. Strawser seeks to recover the shared leadership ...
PaperbackTeaching Across Cultures
Contextualizing Education for Global Mission
by James E. Plueddemann
Foreword by Duane H ElmerOutreach Magazine Resource of the Year
In our globalized world, ideas are constantly being exchanged between people of different cultural backgrounds. But educators often struggle to adapt to the contexts of diverse learners. Some focus so much on content delivery that they overlook cross cultural barriers to effective teaching.
Educator and missiologist James ...
PaperbackFaith Has Its Reasons
Integrative Approaches to Defending the Christian Faith
by Kenneth Boa and Robert M. Bowman Jr.
Ever since the apostle Paul addressed the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers in Athens, relating the Christian worldview to a non-Christian world has been a challenge. And despite Peter's charge to be ready to make a defense to everyone who asks youto give an account for the hope that is in you (1 Peter 3:15), most Christian laypeople have left apologetics—the defense of the faith—to the ecclesiastical ...
