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PaperbackAnalog Church
Why We Need Real People, Places, and Things in the Digital Age
by Jay Y. Kim
Foreword by Scot McKnightOutreach Resource of the Year
The Gospel Coalition Book AwardWhat does it mean to be an analog church in a digital age?
In recent decades the digital world has taken over our society atnearly every level, and the church has increasingly followed suit—often in ways we're not fully aware of. But as even the culture at large begins to reckon ...
PaperbackFamily-Based Youth Ministry
by Mark DeVries
Have you tried all the new youth programs? Have you planned one too many wacky activities? Are you frustrated about the size of the youth group? Here's an approach to ministry that takes youth work seriously.Family-based youth ministry is about adults discipling teens one-on-one and in groups. It is about involving not just the nuclear family but the whole church family--from singles to older adults. ...
PaperbackThe Power of Group Prayer
How Intercession Transforms Us and the World
by Carolyn M Carney
Revival starts when people pray together.
Christians often dream about the possibility of revival. But revival doesn't come because we wish or plan for it. Revival occurs when groups of people pray together. However, praying together effectively doesn't come easily, and we're often left wondering how to best engage in the work of intercession.
Carolyn Carney offers a ...
HardbackGalatians, Ephesians
New Testament Volume 10
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Gerald Bray
The gospel of justification by faith alone was discovered afresh by the Reformers in the epistolary turrets of the New Testament: the letters to the Galatians and the Ephesians. At the epicenter of the exegetical revolution that rocked the Reformation era was Paul's letter to the Galatians. There Luther, Calvin, Bullinger and scores of others perceived the true gospel of Paul enlightening a situation ...
PaperbackTruth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be
Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age
by J. Richard Middleton and Brian J. Walsh
- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year
The carnivalesque, pluralistic culture in which we live can be seen as a consequence of the breakdown of modernity (which touted itself as the greatest show on earth"), combined with a recognition of the socially constructed character of reality.
Since the old construction has been discredited and ...
PaperbackAncient Christian Devotional
Lectionary Cycle A
Ancient Christian Devotional Set
Edited by Cindy Crosby
General Editor Thomas C. Oden"To search the sacred Scripture is very good and most profitable for the soul. For, 'like a tree which is planted near the running waters,' so does the soul watered by sacred Scripture also grow hearty and bear fruit in due season," writes John ofDamascus in Orthodox Faith (4.17).
By helping us to read holy writings with ancient eyes, the church fathers help us drink deeply from the ...
PaperbackDaughters of Hope
Stories of Witness Courage in the Face of Persecution
by Kay Marshall Strom and Michele Rickett
Throughout the world today, Christians continue to face intense persecution, and Christian women are often the most vulnerable. In Pakistan, Christian girls are systematically kidnapped, tortured and raped. In China, underground church leaders aresent to labor camps for hosting illegal home meetings. In Sudan, Christian women are captured and sold into slavery or mutilated and left to die. And in ...
PaperbackSpeaking Across Generations
Messages That Satisfy Boomers, Xers, Millennials, Gen Z, and Beyond
by Darrell Eryx Hall
Foreword by Haydn ShawDifferent generations communicate differently. If you are speaking across generations, you need to understand how different generations hear. Pastor Darrell Hall (a millennial) harnesses the insights of generational science to explore how generations are distinct people groups with their own cultures and languages. With fresh research from the Barna Group on how generations communicate, ...
PaperbackJournal Keeping
Writing for Spiritual Growth
by Luann Budd
Would you like to journal, but you're not sure how to start?
Do you love to journal, but need some fresh ideas?
Journal Keeping is a book to help you discover (or recover) the power of writing as a spiritual discipline.
In these pages you'll find intriguing and encouraging insights on topics like "ordinary things," "discovery journaling," "drawing from ...
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 ...
