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How to Build a Healthy Church (Second Edition): A Practical Guide for Deliberate Leadership

How to Build a Healthy Church (Second Edition): A Practical Guide for Deliberate Leadership

by Mark Dever and Paul Alexander

A Newly Updated and Rebranded Edition of  The Deliberate Church If churches are the dwelling place of God's Spirit, why are so many built around the strategies of man? Eager for church growth… Read more…

The Innovation Crisis: Creating Disruptive Influence in the Ministry You Lead

The Innovation Crisis: Creating Disruptive Influence in the Ministry You Lead

by Ted Esler

If you aren’t innovating, stagnation isn’t far away.Ministry leaders carry the burden of keeping their organizations lean, focused, and relevant. The stakes are especially high for churches and other organizations that fulfill the Great Commission. When souls are on the line, there’s no room for bureaucratic bloat or sustaining a cumbers… Read more…

Preaching Difficult Texts of the Old Testament

Preaching Difficult Texts of the Old Testament

by Bryan Murawski

Practical, homiletical advice for preachers on some of the most challenging genres of ScriptureWhat should a preacher do when facing a genealogy while preaching the book of Genesis? How should one handle the geographically rich chapters of Joshua? What about all those laborious architectural details on the tabernacle in Exodus? From the theologically complex… Read more…

Master Teacher: October- December 2021

Master Teacher: October- December 2021

by RH Boyd Publishing Corporation

Master Teacher is the teacher’s quarterly to be used with Adult Christian Life and College and Career. Each lesson contains extensive biblical exposition and specific instructions for the teacher. The outline of the lesson is reader-friendly, and includes suggestions for maximizing teacher/student interaction and topics for making the study informative and… Read more…

Transforming Worship: Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered

Transforming Worship: Planning and Leading Sunday Services as If Spiritual Formation Mattered

by Rory Noland

Spiritual formation is the key to the survival of our faith.There is an urgent need today for church services that are substantive and purposeful. Stigmatized by scandal, the church in North America and throughout Europe has been branded as useless and irrelevant. To stem the tide of nominal Christianity, we need to get serious about making disciples who can… Read more…

Your Old Testament Sermon Needs to Get Saved: A Handbook for Preaching Christ from the Old Testament
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Your Old Testament Sermon Needs to Get Saved: A Handbook for Preaching Christ from the Old Testament

by David M King

Narrated by Bill A Jones

Every good sermon proclaims the gospel—even those from the Old Testament.From the miracles of the Gospels to the teachings of the Epistles, the New Testament is saturated with the saving work of Jesus Christ. But where is He in the poetry, prophets, and history of the Old Testament?Your Old Testament Sermon Needs to Get Saved is a practical handbook… Read more…

Spurgeon on the Priority of Prayer

Spurgeon on the Priority of Prayer

by Jason K. Allen

When Spurgeon speaks, you’d be wise to listen.The great London preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon had a lot to say during his four decades of ministry at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. And beyond his mighty voice, Spurgeon’s pen churned out countless words of biblical interpretation and Christian wisdom. These words can still encourage us today!Vo… Read more…

Spurgeon on the Power of Scripture

Spurgeon on the Power of Scripture

by Jason K. Allen

When Spurgeon speaks, you’d be wise to listen.The great London preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon had a lot to say during his four decades of ministry at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. And beyond his mighty voice, Spurgeon’s pen churned out countless words of biblical interpretation and Christian wisdom. These words can still encourage us today!Vo… Read more…

Life Change Library: Essential Writings on Knowing Christ and Making Him Known

Life Change Library: Essential Writings on Knowing Christ and Making Him Known

Move from ambivalence about Christianity to enthusiastically knowing Christ and making him known.For nearly a century The Navigators has been on the front lines of life-to-life discipleship, nurturing an ever-expanding movement of people who know Christ, make Him known, and help others to do the same. Contained in this volume are some of the most seminal ins… Read more…

The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative

The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative

by Steven D. Mathewson

A veteran pastor with thirty years of experience guides readers through a ten-step process to preaching Old Testament narratives from text selection to delivery. The first edition received a Christianity Today award of merit and a Preaching magazine Book of the Year award. This edition, now updated and revised throughout for a new generation, includes a new … Read more…

Getting Over Yourself: Trading Believe-in-Yourself Religion for Christ-Centered Christianity
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Getting Over Yourself: Trading Believe-in-Yourself Religion for Christ-Centered Christianity

by Dean Inserra

Narrated by Kevin Charles

Is trying to be “the best you” actually ruining you?From “living your best life” to “self-actualizing,” “finding your destiny,” and “waiting on the best to come,” the contemporary messages of the world exhort us to believe that we are promised and entitled the biggest and best life can possibly o… Read more…

The 10 Key Roles of a Pastor: Proven Practices for Balancing the Demands of Leading Your Church

The 10 Key Roles of a Pastor: Proven Practices for Balancing the Demands of Leading Your Church

by Gary L. McIntosh

If most pastors were pressed to describe an average day of ministry, they'd have trouble doing it. In a single day, a pastor may fill many different roles in quick succession, from counselor to theologian to student to CEO to custodian (well, let's hope there's usually someone else available to perform that last role). Some roles come more natura… Read more…


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