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As Christians, how should we approach the news of the world? Author Travis Dickinson shares how our culture's addiction to the news is not only unnecessary, but it is not good for the soul. Instead, we should strive to have an open mind and practice intellectual virtue as we wrestle with ideas and biases that we encounter from the culture around us.
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In today's culture, it's easy to forget that the original recipients of God's message would have heard Scripture, instead of reading it. In this interview, D. Brent Sandy (author of "Hear Ye the Word of the Lord") explores how oral communication shaped biblical writers and ancient hearers, providing constructive ways for us to be better hearers and performers of Scripture today.
PaperbackMature Christians, Healthy Churches
Four Stages of Spiritual and Community Formation
by René Breuel and Mila Palozzi
Transform your ministry from the inside out by guiding your people from spiritual childhood to maturity—together.
Mature Christians, Healthy Churches presents a comprehensive four-stage model of spiritual maturation that captures the communal nature of formation: mature individuals edify mature churches, and mature churches contribute to the formation of mature disciples.
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HardbackIn Church as It Is in Heaven
Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture
by Jamaal Ellis Williams and Timothy Paul Jones
Christianity Today Award of Merit
Heaven is multiethnic. Are you ready for that?
The Bible tells us that the congregation gathered around God's heavenly throne will be "a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language," all singing the praises of the Lamb. God's intention has always been to delight for all eternity in a redeemed ...
PaperbackThe Pastor as Midwife
Life-Giving Leadership for the Healing of the Church
by Shawna Songer Gaines
Lessons from Midwives for Pastoral Leadership
We find ourselves in a moment in which the church is in great pain. Congregations are dwindling, denominations are fracturing, and church scandals have become all too common. We need a new imagination to capture the hopefulness of God birthing something new in the midst of the pain of the old creation.
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PaperbackRediscipling the White Church
From Cheap Diversity to True Solidarity
by David W Swanson
Foreword by Brenda Salter McNeil"Many white Christians across America are waking up to the fact that something is seriously wrong—but often this is where we get stuck."
Confronted by the deep-rooted racial injustice in our society, many white Christians instinctively scramble to add diversity to their churches and ministries. But is diversity really the answer to the widespread racial dysfunction we see ...
PaperbackTried and True
The Countercultural Virtues of Christian Leadership
by Margaret Diddams and Shirley A Mullen
Recovering Timeless Leadership Vision for Contemporary Challenges
Successful leadership needs more than top-down strategic plans and lofty vision statements. Real leadership happens at the intersection of a leader’s inner life with the outer expression of care for their organization and the communities it serves. To find sustainable paths of leadership, we can look to reliable ...
PaperbackCulture Care
Reconnecting with Beauty for Our Common Life
by Makoto Fujimura
Afterword by Mark Labberton
Foreword by David Brooks"Mako has a lot of wise things to say about beauty in this book . . . one point is worth emphasizing: Beauty refreshes. Beauty alters. Beauty is a revolution in outlook. That makes beauty both a potent balm and a potent provocation, especially in times like these." —from the foreword by David Brooks, New York Times columnist and author of How to Know a Person
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PaperbackConfronting Sexism in the Church
How We Got Here and What We Can Do About It
by Heather Matthews
Foreword by Scot McKnightHow to Fight Sexism in the Church
Despite the real progress that has been made in recent years, women continue to be silenced, wounded, and relegated to the sidelines in our churches. Many churches—even churches that outwardly affirm and platform women—remain unaware of the patterns and cultures at play that set up unseen barriers for women.
This is a book for Christians ...
PaperbackPastoring for Monday
Help Your Congregation Integrate Faith and Work
Made to Flourish Resources
by Matt Rusten
Lead Your Congregation to Connect Sunday Worship to Monday Work
Work matters to God. Does it matter to his church?
Many Christians experience vocational restlessness and anxiety, unsure or unaware how theirfaith can guide them in their workplaces. What would it look like for your church to affirm, equip, and commission your congregation to embrace ...
