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PaperbackPreventing Ministry Failure
A ShepherdCare Guide for Pastors, Ministers and Other Caregivers
by Michael Todd Wilson and Brad Hoffmann
Great ministers don't just happen.Great falls from ministry don't just happen either. A complex mix of factors both internal and external test the limits of your ability to minister wholeheartedly over the long haul.Senior pastor Brad Hoffmann andlicensed professional counselor Michael Todd Wilson work with pastors removed from their place of service. The common experiences of these pastors revealed ...
HardbackMinistering to Families in Crisis
The Essential Guide for Nurturing Mental and Emotional Health
Edited by Jennifer S. Ripley, James N. Sells, and Diane J. Chandler
Empower Your Ministry to Walk Alongside Families in Their Toughest Moments
When crisis strikes, families often turn to ministry leaders for guidance—but are you prepared to help? Edited by Jennifer Ripley, James Sells, and Diane Chandler, Ministering to Families in Crisis equips you with the tools, insights, and resources to provide help for those in need.
From ...
PaperbackCoffee with Jesus
by David Wilkie
One of Library Journal's Best Books
Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Award Finalist
Midwest Publishing Association Honorable Mention
Thousands of people starteach day with a shot of Coffee with Jesus, the enormously popular online comic strip. Irreverent at times, yet always insightful, this volume ...
PaperbackSearch the Scriptures
A Three-Year Daily Devotional Guide to the Whole Bible
Edited by Alan M. Stibbs
The study of God's Word is essential to spiritual growth. Still, a daily encounter with the Bible can be difficult to sustain.
Search the Scriptures can support you in your discipline of daily Bible study. Using a question-and-answer approach, it helps you discover God's truth for yourself. Its built-in flexibility and clear presentation allow you to use its contents according to ...
PaperbackCharitable Writing
Cultivating Virtue Through Our Words
by Richard Hughes Gibson and James E. Beitler III
Afterword by Alan Jacobs
Foreword by Anne Ruggles GereECPA Top Shelf Book Cover Award
Our written words carry weight.
Unfortunately, in today's cultural climate, our writing is too often laced with harsh judgments and vitriol rather than careful consideration and generosity. But might the Christian faith transform how we approach the task of writing? How might we love God and our neighbors through our writing?
This ...
PaperbackThe Armor of God
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Douglas Connelly
Every day, an unseen battle is going on around us in the spiritual realm. God has provided everything we need to stand firm and resist evil, but we are called to be actively aware of both the struggle and the resources available.
In Ephesians 6 the apostle Paul gives us the clearest description anywhere in Scripture of believers' resources for the spiritual battle. He vividly ...
Number of Studies: 8
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Sharon Garlough Brown has signed a contract with InterVarsity Press for two follow-up books to Sensible Shoes: A Story About the Spiritual Journey (IVP Crescendo).
EbookSpiritual Formation
Ever Forming, Never Formed
by Peter K. Nelson
In our ongoing battle against sin in our life as believers, we need all the help we can get. Spiritual Formation: Ever Forming, Never Formed is a breath of fresh air in this fight, setting out biblical foundations and offering practical advice.Spiritual Formation both humbles triumphalistic Christians and gives much needed hope to defeated Christians. We can deceive ourselves that ...
EbookSpiritual Direction
A Guide to Giving and Receiving Direction
by Gordon T. Smith
We are not alone.God is present with us. And God gives us companions on the journey. A spiritual director is one such companion, offering spiritual guidance to help
- make sense of the faith journey
- interpret the significant markers on the road
- encourage us, particularly through the more difficult transitions and valleys of our pilgrimage
- and, most of all, to notice ...
EbookSpiritual Sisterhood
Mentoring for Women of Color
by Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo
In these pages, author and speaker Rebecca Florence Osaigbovo calls all sisters to either become a spiritual mother or be mentored by one. In fact, she believes the survival of African American communities depends on the renewal of mentoring relationships.Having spent many years as both a mentor and a mentee, Osaigbovo provides here the resources needed for effective, life-giving, mentoring relationships, ...
