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These days, everybody wants the latest killer app for successful
ministry. But ministry is not plug-and-play technology. It is an
art cultivated over a long-term journey of faithfulness and
perseverance. In his most intimate book yet, Eddie Gibbs
articulates a personal philosophy of ministry born from his storied
career in teaching and pastoral ministry. Through images from his
own life and family, Gibbs shows how effective ministry is a matter
of walking slowly with the family of God, overcoming hurdles and
facing challenges together. He explains how the early church offers
helpful networking models for connecting in a fragmented
technological age. Linking fresh biblical exposition with our
contemporary realities, Gibbs gives practical advice for welcoming
people into the family and helping them live out God's intentions
for them. If you want your ministry to last, learn from those who
have gone the distance. Discover here insights that will help you
lead and serve for the long haul.
You have a giant in your life. An adversary that's diminishing your
ability to live fully in Christ. Whatever it may be-rejection,
fear, anger, comfort, or addiction-this giant stands between you
and God's promise...and it must fall. Like with David and the
Israelites, God has a better plan for you than to stand and be
taunted day after day by a 9-foot Goliath. God's plan for you is to
live in victory. In this six-session video Bible study (streaming
code included), Pastor Louie Giglio reveals a twist in the story of
David and Goliath that will help you and your study group see how
God works victories in the lives of his people. This study guide
has everything you need for a full Bible study experience,
including: The study guide itself-with discussion and reflection
questions, activities, video notes, and a leader's guide. An
individual access code to stream all six video sessions online (you
don't need to buy a DVD!). Each session will equip you with
practical, hands-on steps to take after engaging in passages from
the Bible and Louie's video talks, which show how living free from
our giants means putting our hope in Jesus. When we do, we get to
watch Goliath fall. Sessions and video run times: Dead but Still
Deadly (22:30) Fear Must Fall (23:00) Rejection Must Fall (20:00)
Comfort Must Fall (20:00) Anger Must Fall (22:30) Addiction Must
Fall (22:00) Watch on any device! Streaming video access code
included. Access code subject to expiration after 12/31/2027. Code
may be redeemed only by the recipient of this package. Code may not
be transferred or sold separately from this package. Internet
connection required. Void where prohibited, taxed, or restricted by
law. Additional offer details inside.
Dr. John C. Maxwell is committed to more than just being a
leader-he's also committed to nurturing and mentoring thousands of
potential leaders around him. This passion is what caused him to
found INJOY and EQUIP, and it is the driving force in his
ministry.
Both practical and inspirational, "Developing the Leaders Around
You "is crammed with strategies that help you effectively transform
your goals into reality by building leadership in the people around
you. Emphasizing that an organization can't grow until its members
grow, Dr. Maxwell encourages readers to foster a productive team
spirit, make difficult decisions, handle confrontation, and to
nurture, encourage, and equip people to be leaders.
Theologians and leaders from many Churches and from the major world
religions, including the last four popes, have acknowledged as
unique in Christian history the spiritual gifts poured forth
through Chiara Lubich. Her spirituality of unity has the ultimate
goal of contributing to the unity for which Jesus prayed to his
Father: May they all be one (Jn 17:21). This volume gathers her
essential writings and for the first time presents them in a
systematic fashion. It is a summa of the charism of unity, which
will lead readers to ponder, understand and experience a
spirituality particularly suited to the era in which we live. The
history of the Church has seen many radicalisms of love ... that of
Francis of Assisi, of Ignatius of Loyola. There is also Chiaras
radicalism ... which seeks to make this love victorious in every
circumstance. Pope John Paul II
This is what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called his struggle. An
interesting combination of words, but when we realize that we have
a purpose that is worth the struggle, it does indeed become
majestic. Bill Wiesman has compiled essays from strong church
leaders that know the meaning of our holy purpose.Dan Boone, Stan
Toler, Tom Noble, and Marilyn McCool join us--along with many other
writers--to reveal five strategies towards developing intentional
leadership, renewing a vibrant church, identifying clear and
coherent theology, achieving mission outreach, and cultivating a
multifaceted church.Join us on this journey. Though it may be a
struggle sometimes, God has given us a majestic mission to
revitalize His Church and make Christ-like disciples.
The World Is Desperate for What You Have As believers, we have
received unimaginable grace from the Father. Unfortunately, we
often separate our spiritual life from our everyday lives. We fail
to value the grace given to us, and we miss the opportunity to
bring heaven to earth. And then we wonder what light we can bring
to a world in deep darkness. With depth and insight, Dr. John
Jackson shows that grace distributed is the key to sweeping social
change, hope and revival. Through biblical teaching and prophetic
revelation, Dr. Jackson helps you partner with the Holy Spirit to
step into the fullness of all God has called you to be--and to
unleash the redemptive presence of Jesus in your home, workplace
and community. God wants to use you right now, right where you are.
It's time to become a heavenly ambassador that shares the grace
you've been given with a world aching for transformation. "In this
catalytic book lies an essential message for the Church today. I
highly recommend it."--KRIS VALLOTTON "This Spirit-filled and
deeply vulnerable book is a gift to us all. Don't miss
it!"--MARGARET FEINBERG "Discover your God-given abilities and use
them to usher the grace and love of Christ into the here and
now."--SAMUEL RODRIGUEZ
In "The Warriors and the Bankers", the research and writing team of
Alan Butler and Stephen Dafoe bring their combined experiences to
bear on the question asked for hundreds of years, What became of
the Knights Templar? Arrested in 1307, dissolved in 1312 and
executed by 1314, the Templars have been the subject of many
theories concerning their possible survival. This book examines
these theories against new evidence and information. Additionally
the authors put forth, for the first time, a completely new theory
that has caught the ears, eyes and attention of many readers. The
ultimate conclusion is that the Templars did survive, virtually
intact and that in a very direct sense, they may still be one of
the most potent forces at work in the world at the start of the new
Millennium. "The Warriors and the Bankers" is eminently readable
and is intended for both the serious student of Templarism or
simply the interested observer.
Walking through Psalm 23 phrase by phrase, therapist and author
K.J. Ramsey explores the landscape of our fear, trauma, and faith.
When she stepped through her own wilderness of spiritual abuse and
religious trauma, K.J. discovered that courage is not the absence
of anxiety but the practice of trusting we will be held and loved
no matter what. How can we cultivate courage when fear overshadows
our lives? How do we hear the Voice of Love when hate and harm
shout loud? This book offers an honest path to finding that there
is still a Good Shepherd who is always following you. Braiding
contemplative storytelling, theological reflection, and practical
neuroscience, Ramsey reveals a route into connection and joy that
begins right where you are. The Lord is My Courage is for the
deconstructing and the dreamers, the afraid and the amazed, for
those whose fear has not been fully shepherded but who can't seem
to stop listening for their Good Shepherd's Voice.
Mark Yaconelli is co-director of the Youth Ministry and
Spirituality Project, which over the last 8 years has gathered
together churches and youth ministers from across North America to
explore contemplative prayer, discernment, spiritual direction,
covenant community, spiritual practice and Sabbath-living as a way
of resourcing ministries with youth. This book offers some of the
experience, teaching, praying and thinking behind the project.
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Leanda De Lisle
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The Tudors are England's most notorious royal family. But, as
Leanda de Lisle's gripping new history reveals, they are a family
still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor
canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before
speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out
the family's obscure Welsh origins, the ordinary man known as Owen
Tudor who would fall (literally) into a Queen's lap--and later her
bed. It passes by the courage of Margaret Beaufort, the pregnant
thirteen-year-old girl who would help found the Tudor dynasty, and
the childhood and painful exile of her son, the future Henry VII.
It ignores the fact that the Tudors were shaped by their
past--those parts they wished to remember and those they wished to
forget. By creating a full family portrait set against the
background of this past, de Lisle enables us to see the Tudor
dynasty in its own terms, and presents new perspectives and
revelations on key figures and events. De Lisle discovers a family
dominated by remarkable women doing everything possible to secure
its future; shows why the princes in the Tower had to vanish; and
reexamines the bloodiness of Mary's reign, Elizabeth's fraught
relationships with her cousins, and the true significance of
previously overlooked figures. Throughout the Tudor story, Leanda
de Lisle emphasizes the supreme importance of achieving peace and
stability in a violent and uncertain world, and of protecting and
securing the bloodline. Tudor is bristling with religious and
political intrigue but at heart is a thrilling story of one
family's determined and flamboyant ambition.
Homosexuality, social drinking, and politics . . .Why is it so hard
to talk about these topics and others like them in the church? What
keeps us from having open and honest conversations about complex
and controversial issues? The silence in the pews about these
matters can be deafening. Often members say little, fearing
disagreement and rebuttal, others strongly assert half-truths and
biases. Nothing gets truly discussed, and many, especially the
youth, become discouraged and leave.A Charitable Discourse
insightfully explores why this happens, looking closely at the ways
people avoid and prevent authentic dialog, from labeling and
grandstanding to religious abuse. Seven controversial issues are
discussed with understanding, sincerity, and compassion.
Today pastors and church leaders have an unparalleled opportunity
to shape a biblical vision for Kingdom giving. Based on the
foundational premise that stewardship is the management of time,
talents, and treasure, authors Stan Toler and Elmer Towns set forth
a vision for pastors and church leaders to shape the thinking in
the pews. Developing a Giving Church provides guidance for shaping
a giving environment, suggestions for developing committed steward
leaders, and counsel on biblical strategies. This vital stewardship
resource merges insightful principles with proven methods for
creating a climate for giving through stewardship education.
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