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PaperbackCultivating Mentors
Sharing Wisdom in Christian Higher Education
Foreword by Mark R. Schwehn
Edited by Todd C. Ream, Jerry Pattengale, and Christopher J. DeversMany colleges and universities informally highlight the value of mentoring among academic professionals. Yet scholars often lack clear definitions, goals, practices, and commitments that help them actually reap the benefits mentoring offers. As new faculty members from younger generations continue to face evolving challenges while also reshaping institutions, their ability to connect ...
HardbackCultivating Mentors
Sharing Wisdom in Christian Higher Education
Foreword by Mark R. Schwehn
Edited by Todd C. Ream, Jerry Pattengale, and Christopher J. DeversMany colleges and universities informally highlight the value of mentoring among academic professionals. Yet scholars often lack clear definitions, goals, practices, and commitments that help them actually reap the benefits mentoring offers. As new faculty members from younger generations continue to face evolving challenges while also reshaping institutions, their ability to connect ...
PaperbackCompanions in Suffering
Comfort for Times of Loss and Loneliness
by Wendy Alsup
Foreword by Trillia Newbell2020 The Gospel Coalition Book Award - Christian Living
Have you experienced an ongoing trial that left you wrung out emotionally? Do you feel alone in your pain?
Though suffering often leavesus feeling isolated, God invites us into the community of the Trinity and offers us many companions in Scripture. We experience loneliness alongside the ...
PaperbackBesides the Bible
100 Books that Have, Should, or Will Create Christian Culture
by Dan Gibson, Jordan Green, and John Pattison
So many books, so little time. How do you decide what to read? Walking into a bookstore, a library, or looking online can be an intimidating and overwhelming experience, to say the least. With so many options and not knowing what's best for you, it's easy to just end up making an impulse buy or giving up on reading altogether. We barely spend as much time reading as we'd like, and then we often ...
PaperbackDynamic Diversity
Bridging Class, Age, Race and Gender in the Church
by Bruce Milne
From the footpaths of our cities to the chatrooms of the Internet, people are connecting today as never before. As the planet shrinks through the multiple forces of immigration, travel, electronic communication and more fluid employment patterns,we will find ourselves increasingly forced into contact with those who are significantly different from ourselves. Sadly however, the stranger is often ...
PaperbackBasic Christian Leadership
Biblical Models of Church, Gospel and Ministry
by John Stott
"God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong." (1 Corinthians 1:27)Those in Christian leadership might suspect that this verse invalidates the day-to-day reality of their ministries. They often feel that they must project strength and certainty in order to preach and minister credibly. But does this run counter ...
PaperbackHidden in Christ
Living as God's Beloved
Apprentice Resources
by James Bryan Smith
A Deeper Sort of DevotionalWords are powerful. They contain ideas and shape the way we see God, ourselves and all of reality. We're transformed, in particular, by God's Word, and by "the Word," the Logos—Jesus himself—as describedby John in the first chapter of his Gospel.Memorizing and studying a passage in depth can offer a deeper sense of the meaning of each word. In this unique ...
HardbackAn Infinite Fountain of Light
Jonathan Edwards for the Twenty-First Century
by George M. Marsden
Christians need to pause once in a while to get their bearings. For perspective on our own times and how we got here, it helps to listen to wise guides from other eras. In An Infinite Fountain of Light, the renowned American historian George Marsden illuminates the landscape with wisdom from one such mentor: Jonathan Edwards.
Drawing on his deep expertise on Edwards ...
PaperbackSinai and the Saints
Reading Old Covenant Laws for the New Covenant Community
by James M. Todd III
What should Christians do with all the laws in the Old Testament? The Old Testament tells the story of the beginnings of God's salvation history, and it is part of the authoritative canon of Scripture affirmed by the church. But what role should the laws of the old covenant play in the lives of those living under the new covenant? Can Christians embrace the commandment to "love the Lord your God ...
PaperbackNever Beyond Hope
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by J. I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom
Do you ever find it hard to hope? Many of us feel weighed down by our own failures, a sense of inferiority, guilt from the past, or emotionally exhausting circumstances. Yet when hope seems beyond us, the Bible offers encouragement from stories of those who have gone before.
In this six-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, J. I. Packer and Carolyn Nystrom explore how God works ...
Number of Studies: 6
