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PaperbackNon-Toxic Masculinity
Recovering Healthy Male Sexuality
by Zachary C Wagner
Dismissals such as "boys will be boys" and "not all men" are ingrained in our world.
And the purity culture of our youth sold the same excuses with a spiritual spin. Can we break the toxic cycle and recover a healthy identity for men?
In Non-Toxic Masculinity, Zachary Wagner tells men, "If you are in Christ, this is your problem—and you should be part of the ...
PaperbackDefeating Pharisaism
Recovering Jesus' Disciple-Making Method
by Gary Tyra
Pharisaism (legalism, dogmatism, separatism, judgmentalism, etc.) is alive and well and a destructive force in too many evangelical churches. This plague hinders effective outreach, burns out professional and lay leaders and has contributed to themass alienation of tens of thousands of young people from evangelical churches to the point where they have no church affiliation at all or they associate ...
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Christians always exist within particular cultural contexts—political systems, geographic locations, and ethnic and racial communities. How should Christians engage with the surrounding culture, and what is the church's role in society? What does Christian political engagement look like? How do believers practice their faith around the world, and how can we all process our racial and ethnic identities? The books here will help you wrestle with these complex questions and more, especially within the realm of evangelicalism.
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PaperbackLove All Our Neighbors
How Churches That Hold a Traditional Sexual Ethic Can Care for LGBTQ People
by Tony Scarcello
Foreword by Preston M Sprinkle"When we interact with our LGBTQ+ neighbors we are not interacting with an ideology, a political movement, a social media post, a caricature from a movie, or a law being debated in Congress. We are interacting with people made in the image of God, who our Savior bled and died to redeem. We are interacting with someone God literally loved to the point of his own death."
Cultivate ...
PaperbackThe Art of Pastoring
Ministry Without All the Answers
by David Hansen
- Named one of the Top Ten Books of 1994 by the Academy of Parish Clergy
What should a pastor do?
What makes a pastor good or effective?
What is a pastor, after all?
Hundreds of books, tapes, workshops and seminars promise to answer these impossible questions. Some offer a set of practical guidelines; others suggest a system or pattern to follow. Some ...
PaperbackHow Leaders Lose Their Way
And How to Make Sure It Doesn't Happen to You
by Peter Greer and Jill Heisey
Foreword by Chris HorstStay True to Your Mission for the Long Haul
How Leaders Lose Their Way is a powerful and reflective exploration of the pitfalls that can send leaders off course—drawing lessons from the life of King Solomon and thetimeless wisdom of Ecclesiastes. This book serves as a cautionary tale, equipping leaders to recognize personal and spiritual drift while providing actionable ...
PaperbackThe Church as Movement
Starting and Sustaining Missional-Incarnational Communities
by JR Woodward and Dan White Jr.
Foreword by Alan HirschIVP Readers' Choice Award
Missio Alliance Essential Reading ListPublic gatherings are vital for movement, but too often in our approach to planting churches, we haven't paid enough attention to the difficult grassrootswork of movement: discipleship, community formation, and mission. This book will help you start missional-incarnational communities in a way that reflects ...
PaperbackMinistering in Honor-Shame Cultures
Biblical Foundations and Practical Essentials
by Jayson Georges and Mark D. Baker
Many a Westerner has had a cross-cultural experience of honor and shame. First there are those stuttering moments in the new social landscape. Then after missed cues and social bruises comes the revelation that this culture—indeed much of the world—runs on an honor-shame operating system. When Western individualism and its introspective conscience fails to engage cultural gears, how can we shift ...
PaperbackHow to Keep the Pastor You Love
by Jane A. Rubietta
- Who cares for your pastor in times of special need?
- What can you do to help your pastor's family on a regular basis?
- Are there steps you can take to ensure your pastor is personally and spiritually nurtured?
While Paul urges the church to "overwhelm them with appreciation and love" (1 Thessalonians 5:13), research and anecdotal evidence shows that most pastors experience ...
PaperbackSeeking Church
Emerging Witnesses to the Kingdom
Missiological Engagements
by Darren T. Duerksen and William A. Dyrness
New expressions of church that are proliferating among Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, and other non-Christian religious communities, including so-called insider movements, have raised intense discussion in missiological circles. In Seeking Church, Darren Duerksen and William Dyrness address these issues by exploring how all Christian movements have been and are engaged ...
