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Preston Poore has spent decades in corporate America. Despite all the excellent advice he was given for growing in leadership, there was something missing: a way to bring his Christian beliefs to bear in his professional life, not just his personal life. So Preston sought his own answer to how his faith could impact his management of hundreds of employees. What he discovered was this: The first step wasn't adjusting his leadership style. Instead, he needed to let God change him before he could effect real change in his workplace.

We all believe that saying, “Thank you,” “I’m sorry,” and “Tell me more” will help us become better people, friends, partners, employees, neighbors, and global citizens. And yet, having been brought up on rugged individualism, we often slip into self-centeredness and a corresponding sense of entitlement. We have lost the ability to speak with gentleness toward one another. We have replaced kind words that connect us to one another with ones that divide, isolate, and hurt. Everywhere we turn there is deep conflict.

Are you looking for a congregational journey to break through barriers of race, gender, generation, and social class for the sake of the Gospel? Are you ready to build new relationships in your life and ministry? Are you seeking to grow an inclusive discipleship outreach? Are you praying for a spiritual journey that is deep and wide?

The Pædagogus, or Instructor, is addressed to those who have been rescued from the darkness and pollutions of heathenism and is an exhibition of Christian morals and manners, a guide for the formation and development of Christian character and for living a Christian life. It consists of three books. It is the grand aim of the whole work to set before the converts Christ as the only instructor, and to expound and enforce his precepts.

This audiobook could be for you a great source of restoration and renewed zeal. The Lord Jesus Christ calls all who receive him as their lord and saviour into ''the disciple's life". Those who commit themselves to it must submit to the demands and conditions of such a life. At a certain point in the walk with God, it is necessary to examine yourself to see if you are still on this path, for it is a narrow and difficult path that requires a price to pay.

What does the Bible really say about the birth of Jesus? How did the celebration of Christmas become associated with things like Santa Claus and decorated trees? In The True Meaning of Christmas: The Birth of Jesus and the Origins of the Season, biblical scholar Michael Patrick Barber offers an inspiring look at the Bible's accounts of Jesus' birth and the development of the Christmas season. As Dr. Barber will show, to find our way "home" at Christmas, we need to first return to Christmas' home in the story of the Bible.

Drawing on key biblical narratives from the early part of the dramatic life of King David, Fighter Fugitive King highlights David's flaws and God’s grace to him as a developing leader. Applicable to the workplace and Christian ministry today, younger men and those mentoring men in spiritual leadership will find it an inspiring and practical read that points to another King, one greater than David. Includes reflection questions at the end of each chapter.

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! Volume one of the Spurgeon Speaks series collects Spurgeon’s reflections and meditations on the importance of prayer in the Christian life. He was known as a mighty man of prayer, and his insights will deepen your prayer life as well.

Pope Benedict XVI will go down in Church history as one of the greatest popes. In this heartfelt defense of Pope Benedict’s words and works, a tribute to his life and legacy and an homage to his sanity and sanctity, Joseph Pearce’s biography provides an unforgettable encounter with this great historical figure.

Your church has the opportunity of a lifetime. The world has shifted, and a new, brighter tomorrow awaits. The Church Revitalization Checklist is a tool to help you start fresh, leverage your strengths, and discover hidden opportunities for church growth.

Godsend is a toolkit to help you form new Christian communities with people who were not previously attending church. The book is based on the wisdom of many practitioners over the past 20 to 30 years. It contains loads of stories, advice, and frameworks to help you join a growing company of people who are bringing discipleship, mission, and church together in their everyday lives.

It's not just that many pastors feel overwhelmed and stressed out; many have lost their way. With the risk of burnout at an all-time high, what pastors need is not just a new leadership strategy, but a new framework for ministry - one that will help them move from survival to flourishing. In this audiobook, Tom Nelson looks to the biblical image of the shepherd leader in response to the contemporary context. If pastors are to lead congregations, then they must first learn what it means to be led by the Good Shepherd.

Neither "everything's fine" nor "burn it all down", Stringer offers a thoughtful appreciation of evangelicalism's history, identity, and strengths, but also lament for its blind spots, toxic brokenness, and complicity with injustice. From this complicated space, we can move forward with informed vision rather than resignation and with hope for our future together.

Intrigen. Verrat. Ein Geheimnis - eine abenteuerliche Recherche hinter den Kulissen von Vatikan und Malteserorden. Aufruhr im Malteser-Ritterorden: Seit den Kreuzzügen versteht der Orden sich als starker Arm der Kirche. Doch 2017 wird zum ersten Mal in seiner fast tausendjährigen Geschichte der Großmeister vom Papst persönlich aus dem Amt kommandiert. Als Ordensfürst Matthew Festing seinen Palast in Rom räumen muss, ist das nur der Gipfel einer Affäre, die weit über die Kirchenwelt hinaus für Schlagzeilen sorgt.

In the 1980s, Erika Bornman’s family join, and ultimately move to, KwaSizabantu, a Christian mission based in KwaZulu-Natal, which is touted as a nirvana, founded on egalitarian values. But something sinister lurks beneath ‘the place where people are helped’. Life at KwaSizabantu is hard. Christianity is used to justify harsh punishments, and congregants are forced to repent for their sins. Threats of physical violence ensure adherence to stringent rules. Parents are pitted against children. Friendships are discouraged.

The Epistle to the Romans, or Letter to the Romans, is the sixth book in the New Testament. Biblical scholars agree that it was composed by Paul the Apostle to explain that salvation is offered through the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the longest of the Pauline epistles. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to the Book of Romans, and learn about bibles.

Have you ever wondered why Communion is practiced differently from one place to another or often not at all? Maybe you learned about it at an early age or were introduced to it later when you began following Jesus as an adult. Whatever your beliefs or understandings about Communion (or the Lord's Supper), take a walk with the author on the journey of discovery down the roads of tradition and truth to unveil God's amazing purpose for the Church through the practice of Communion, and why He wants to be sure you experience it, too.

Athanasius of Alexandria was a bishop in fourth-century Egypt. Thanks in part to Athanasius’ arguments, his position of Trinitarianism (that the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost were all One God) became the official position of Christendom, and remains so to this day. This work, On the Incarnation (or sometimes On the Incarnation of the Word of God), was his first book. It tackles the central point of the divine saga, God’s embodiment on Earth as Christ, and seeks to understand, in detail, the “why” and “how” of it all.

Un audiolibro explosivo para entender las claves del Vaticano, explicadas por el corresponsal de TV3 en Roma. El periodista Vicens Lozano, que ha sido enviado especial de TV3 en Roma durante décadas, recoge en este libro las claves para entender el Vaticano, un universo de poder más allá de la religión. Los interrogantes que despierta este pequeño Estado son tan numerosos como los obstáculos que tradicionalmente ha puesto a la transparencia.

We all know the feeling; you’ve planned, prepared, and are giving it your very best every Sunday morning, but there the people are...just staring at you. Well, at least the ones who are actually in the sanctuary at the beginning of worship are. Predictable the others are still in the foyer and will shuffle their way to their seats by the last song. Amazingly, you are not alone, as this perpetual dilemma spans culture and continents, leaving almost every worship leader at every church in the world to ask, “How do I get my congregation to sing?”