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paperbackThe Leadership Ellipse
Shaping How We Lead by Who We Are
by Robert A. Fryling
Foreword by Eugene H. PetersonEveryone in a position of responsibility knows the tension of leadership. It may be between tasks or people, money or mission, the present or the future. One often neglected tension is between our inner spiritual longings and the outward needs of the group we lead. But we need not feel forced to choose between the two. Leadership has more in common with an ellipse with two focal points than a bull's-eye ...
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paperbackThe Crucifixion of Ministry
Surrendering Our Ambitions to the Service of Christ
by Andrew Purves
As a pastor, do you ever get the feeling that no matter what you try, nothing much seems to change? That is because the ministries themselves are not redemptive--they are not up to you. Only Jesus' ministry is redemptive. Jesus has to "show up." Theologian Andrew Purves explores at the deepest level the true and essential nature of Christian ministry. He says that the attempt to be an effective ...
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paperbackSmall Group Leaders' Handbook
Developing Transformational Communities
by J. Alex Kirk, Jay Anderson, Myron Crockett, Tina Teng-Henson, Una Lucey-Lee, Janice McWilliams, and Sandra Maria Van Opstal
What do we mean when we talk about small groups? And more importantly: what do we expect to happen when people gather in this way? The small group that wrote this book—made up of current and former campus ministry professionals with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship—sees a small group as: a community that studies the Bible, prays and participates in God's mission together for the purposes of God's ...
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Kneeling with Giants (InterVarsity Press/IVP Books) by Gary Neal Hansen was honored with the Christian Resources Together 2013 Devotional Book of the Year Award.
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Which authors and works brought new insights into wider discussion during 2023's academic fall conferences? See curated book lists from editors Jon Boyd, Rachel Hastings, Rebecca Carhart, Zachary Gordon, and Colton Bernasol as they look forward to ETS, AAR, and SBL.
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paperbackA Theology of Word and Spirit
Authority Method in Theology
Christian Foundations
by Donald G. Bloesch
Recipient of a Christianity Today Critics Choice Award
In the inaugural volume of his seven-volume systematic theology, Christian Foundations, Donald Bloesch surveys his method. His approach is conversant with up-to-the-minute theological concerns but also vitally grounded in the Reformation emphasis on biblical revelation illumined by the Holy Spirit.
In A ...
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paperbackMisreading Scripture with Western Eyes
Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible
by E. Randolph Richards and Brandon J. O'Brien
Over 100,000 Copies Sold Worldwide!
Understand Scripture on Its Own Terms
What was clear to the original readers of Scripture is not always clear to us. Because of the cultural distance between the biblical world and our contemporary setting, we often bring modern Western biases to the text. For example:
- When Western readers hear Paul exhorting ...
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paperbackSeasoned Speech
Rhetoric in the Life of the Church
by James E. Beitler III
The Christian faith depends to a great degree on persuasion. In one of his letters to early Christians, the apostle Paul wrote, "Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone" (Col. 4:6). Yet rhetoric—the art of persuasion—has been largely ignored by most Christians. In this book, James Beitler seeks to renew interest ...
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paperbackParticipating in Abundant Life
Holistic Salvation for a Secular Age
by Mark R. Teasdale
Foreword by Alan Hirsch and Mark NelsonOur world is hungry for salvation, but we don't always know how to talk about it. Christians agree that God cares about people's lives both in this world and into eternity. But the ways we describe salvation often separate the spiritual from the material. Many groups emphasize one at the expense of the other, limiting the picture of what God has to offer. Mark Teasdale works to ...
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paperbackThe Church
Contours of Christian Theology
by Edmund P. Clowney
At a time in which the very word church sounds a tone of dull irrelevance, the doctrine of the church has suffered the studied neglect of many Christian leaders. The persistent demands to market, manage and grow the church and to meet the felt needs of churched and unchurched all threaten to quench theological reflection on the abiding nature and mission of the church. But few activities ...
