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HardbackLeading a Transforming Community
Foundations, Practices, and Strategies for Opening to God Together
by Ruth Haley Barton
Foreword by Prince Raney RiversCultivate and Catalyze Spiritual Transformation in Your Community
Many Christian communities long for deeper spiritual growth but find themselves stuck, not knowing how to move forward together. If you are a leader seeking to guide your community toward genuine, God-centered transformation, this book provides the vision and tools you need.
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PaperbackVintage Saints and Sinners
25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith
by Karen Wright Marsh
Foreword by Lauren F. WinnerOutreach Resource of the Year
Foreword INDIES Award FinalistSaints are people too.
The word saint conjures up images of superstar Christians revered for their spectacular acts and otherworldly piety. But when we take a closer look at the lives of these spiritual heavyweights, we learn that they also experienced ...
PaperbackTeach Us to Want
Longing, Ambition and the Life of Faith
by Jen Pollock Michel
Foreword by Katelyn BeatyLogos Bookstores' Best Book in Spirituality/Devotional
Christianity Today Book of the Year
Honorable Mention, Best Book of the Year from Byron Borger, Hearts and Minds Bookstore
As Christians, we're squeamish about desire. Isn't wanting sinful and selfish? Aren't we supposed to find and follow God's will rather than insisting ...
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PaperbackWhy Church History Matters
An Invitation to Love and Learn from Our Past
by Robert F. Rea
Does it matter how Christians in other times and places thought?If the Bible alone is God?s revelation, why spend time studying church history?Aren?t history and tradition more of a problem than a solution?For many Christians whobelieve the Bible is the ultimate authority for faith and life, questions about the role and value of the church's traditions can be difficult to tackle. ...
AudiobookShades of Light
A Novel
by Sharon Garlough Brown
Read by Erin Bennett"I was desperate. . . . I couldn't turn off the dark thoughts, no matter how hard I tried or how much I prayed. And then I spent a whole weekend in bed, and the crying wouldn't stop, and I got really scared. I've had bouts with depression before—it's kind of a cloud I've learned to live with—but this time was different. I felt like I was going under, like I'd never feel hopeful ...
EbookDiscover Your Gifts Workbook
Twelve Sessions for Exploring Your God-Given Purpose
Lutheran Hour Ministries Resources
by Anthony Allan Cook and Don Everts
Discover your gifts! All of us have gifts that can be used for the common good. The Discover Your Gifts Workbook has sessions on twelve different kinds of gifts, from artistic and technical gifts to entrepreneurial and civic gifts. Every session defines and describes what each gift looks like and gives examples of how the gift can be used in four distinct vocations of life: ...
EbookDiscover Your Gifts
Celebrating How God Made You and Everyone You Know
Lutheran Hour Ministries Resources
by Don Everts
Foreword by Savannah KimberlinYou have gifts! And you are a gift to the world around you. Because every human is fearfully and wonderfully made, each one of us has something to offer to the world. But we have not always identified or developed our gifts well,nor deployed them effectively.Don Everts explores the gifts God has given every person and what new research reveals about the difference those gifts can ...
PaperbackFree
Spending Your Time and Money on What Matters Most
by Mark A. Scandrette
With Lisa Scandrette
Foreword by Richard RohrIf you already own a copy of Free, use the password found on page 223 in the Group Learning Guide to access eight supplementary videos.Why does chasing the good life make us feel so bad? We dream big and spend our money and time chasing our dreams—only to find ourselves exhausted, deeply in debt and spiritually empty. Mark and Lisa Scandrette realized at the beginning of ...
PaperbackLiving into the Life of Jesus
The Formation of Christian Character
by Klaus Issler
Foreword by Calvin MillerWhy does merely understanding and trying hard to follow the example of Jesus often yield little progress--and even less joy and peace? In this foundational work of Christian formation, Klaus Issler derives insights from the life of Jesus in the Gospels to uncover the dynamics of becoming Christlike. You will discover how you can forge much deeper connections with Jesus so that his life begins to ...
PaperbackThe Fire of the Word
Meeting God on Holy Ground
by Chris Webb
Foreword by Richard J. FosterThe Bible has the astounding power to transform lives. The stories of people like Francis of Assisi, Antony of Egypt, Augustine of Hippo, Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr. vividly demonstrate this. Why aren't more of us transformed by Scripture today?Too often we study biblical texts without believing that God truly inhabits this book. Scripture seeks to capture our minds, not merely educate ...
