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EbookDivine Merger
What Happens When Jesus Collides with Your Community
by Mark E. Strong
Foreword by Kevin PalauWhat would happen if your community had a head-on collision with Jesus? Pastor and community leader Mark Strong says, "You would have exactly what God wants: a divine merger!" He continues: "A divine merger is when the church intentionally integrates with its community. . . . The result is a kingdom transformation."This book is designed to give you the vision and tools you need to fulfill your own ...
EbookCarpe Diem Redeemed
Seizing the Day, Discerning the Times
by Os Guinness
You only live once—if then. Life is short, and it can be as easily wasted as lived to the full. In our harried modern world, how do we make the most of the time we have?
In these fast and superficial times, Os Guinness calls us to consequential living. As a contrast to both Eastern and secularist views of time, he restructures our very notion of history as linear ...
EbookBusyness
Finding God in the Whirlwind
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Juanita Ryan
"How have you been?" a friend asks. "Busy," we say.
Much of our busyness is necessary to our survival or to the wellbeing of others and ourselves. In the whirlwind of our lives, however, it may seem impossible to focus beyond the noise of daily demands. We long for a greater awareness of God with us. This eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study explores ways of conversing with God ...
Number of Studies: 8
EbookLonging for Revival
From Holy Discontent to Breakthrough Faith
by James Choung and Ryan Pfeiffer
Revival begins with God. But it's lived out through us. While we can't determine how God will act, we can be expectant and anticipate his work. And revivals are not just experienced—they can be led.
James Choung and Ryan Pfeiffer have seen revival in their own ministries, with remarkable transformation in both individuals and communities. They unpack what revival looks like, ...
EbookRoom of Marvels
A Story About Heaven that Heals the Heart
by James Bryan Smith
Foreword by Dallas WillardThree deaths in three years. His mother. His best friend. And now, his two-year-old daughter. In this moving story a Christian author goes to a retreat center to grieve and face the hard questions about God that he is asking in the wake of these losses.
If you have ever felt alone, betrayed, abandoned—if you have found yourself asking God why—this novel may be a source of ...
EbookFaith-Rooted Organizing
Mobilizing the Church in Service to the World
by Alexia Salvatierra and Peter Heltzel
With so many injustices, small and great, across the world and right at our doorstep, what are people of faith to do? Since the 1930s, organizing movements for social justice in the U.S. have largely been built on assumptions that are secular origin—such as reliance on self-interest and having a common enemy as a motivator for change. But what if Christians were to shape their organizing around ...
EbookJoy in the Journey
Finding Abundance in the Shadow of Death
by Steve Hayner and Sharol Hayner
Foreword by Mark Labberton and Alex Gee- Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, Memoir
Steve Hayner was serving as president of Columbia Seminary and was healthy and fit when he found out he had terminal pancreatic cancer. He and his wife Sharol embarked on a journey together with their children that soon included tens of thousands of visits from friends and acquaintances via the CaringBridge website. The overwhelming ...
EbookBroken Hallelujahs
Learning to Grieve the Big and Small Losses of Life
by Beth Allen Slevcove
IVP Readers' Choice Award
The losses in our lives are both big and small, and cover a range of experiences. We leave home. We experience physical illness and disabilities. We struggle with vocation and finances. We may longfor a spouse or child. We lose people we love to addiction or illness and death.
All of these losses can build into questions and doubts about faith. ...
EbookNourishing Narratives
The Power of Story to Shape Our Faith
by Jennifer Louise Holberg
Humans are story-shaped creatures.
We make sense of our world, pattern our lives, and reflect on what is ultimately significant through language and the words that compose our stories. But how does this relate to the narrative of the Bible and the story that God is writing through history?
In Nourishing Narratives, writer and professor Jennifer Holberg engages ...
EbookSaving Calvinism
Expanding the Reformed Tradition
by Oliver D. Crisp
Is there hope for Calvinism beyond TULIP?For many, Calvinism evokes the idea of a harsh God who saves a select few and condemns others to eternal torment. Others find comfort in the Five Points of TULIP with its emphasis on the sovereignty of God's grace. Oliver Crisp thinks both sides have too small a picture of the Reformed tradition. There are ample resources for developing a ...
