IN HIS IMAGE
by: Dr. Paul Brand, Philip Yancey THE VOICE OF GOD IS A HEARTBEAT AWAY In Fearfully & Wonderfully Made, Philip Yancey and Dr. Paul Brand revealed how God’s voice is encoded in the very structure of our bodies. In His Image takes up where its predecessor left off, beckoning us once again inward and onward to fresh exploration and discovery. Yancey and Brand show how accurately and intricately the human body portrays the Body of Christ. In five sections—Image, Blood, Head, Spirit, and Pain—the acclaimed surgeon and the award-winning writer unlock the remarkable, living lessons contained in our physical makeup. This Gold Medallion Award-winning book will open your eyes to the complex miracle of the human body, and the even more compelling spiritual truths that it reflects.
JESUS DRIVEN MINISTRY
by: Ajith Fernando In spite of good intentions, too many Christian workers today Burn out, suffer moral lapses, or just get discouraged and quit. How can you avoid failing as a Christian leader? Ajith Fernando Believes that much ministry failure results from neglect of the basics of the faith. Too often today’s church is riveted on ministry Technique to the neglect of leadership lifestyle. In Fernando’s Own words:” Perhaps the greatest need in the training of leaders. Today is to provide guidelines to help them live as biblical men and women. In this book, Fernando identifies the foundational elements that allow you to be both effective and joyful in your service. He shows from Jesus’ own ministry that relating to the people you minister to, retreating from busyness to prayer, being affirmed and empowered by God, discipline younger leaders, and gaining strength from God’s Word must be at the heart of your ministry. Rich in Scripture and full of stories from Fernando’s own years of ministry, this book will help men and women commit themselves afresh to those vital basics of ministry that make for long-term service that is both fruitful and joyful.
JIM CYMBALA FRESH FAITH
by: Dean Merrill Pastor Jim Cymbala calls us back to a fiery, passionate preoccupation with God that will restore what the enemy has stolen from us: our first love for Jesus, our zeal, our troubled children, our wounded marriages, our broken and divided churches. Born out of the heart and soul of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, the message of Fresh Faith is illustrated by true stories of men and women whose lives have been changed through the power of faith. Cymbala writes, “Real faith is produced when our hearts draw near to God himself and receive his promises deep within.” That kind of faith can transform your life—starting today, if you choose.
JIM CYMBALA FRESH WIND, FRESH FIRE
by: Dean Merrill Pastor Jim Cymbala believes that Jesus wants to renew his people—to call us back from spiritual dead ends, apathy, and lukewarm religion. Cymbala knows the difference firsthand. Thirty-five years ago his own church, the Brooklyn Tabernacle, was a struggling congregation of twenty. Then they began to pray . . . God began to move . . . street-hardened lives by the hundreds were changed by the love of Christ . . . and today they are more than ten thousand strong. The story of what happened to this broken-down church in one of America’s toughest neighborhoods points the way to new spiritual vitality in the church and in your own life. Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire shows what the Holy Spirit can do when believers get serious about prayer and the gospel. As this compelling book reveals, God moves in life-changing ways when we set aside our own agendas, take him at his word, and listen for his voice.
LEADERSHIP LIFESTYLE
by: Ajith Fernando The church today needs leaders-men and women who are more than just managers of people, money, and organizational charts. In our pursuit of growth and prosperity, we may have lost sight of clear biblical principles of how we should find and train leaders for the church and the world. From the timeless Book, the Bible, come timely answers! The author, Ajith Fernando, a third-world Christian, examines principles of leadership taught in the letters to Timothy from the Apostle Paul, the leader of leaders. The philosophies and principles drawn from the bible, applicable to every generation, might surprise some people today. This book is destined to be a trendsetter, a clear call to a return to the biblical perspective of leadership-which is not corporate management but leaderdership drawn from the models of parenthood and servanthood.
Leading on Empty
Wayne Cordeiro found himself paralyzed by burnout. He had been in ministry for 30 years, and 10 years after founding what is now the largest church in Hawaii, he found himself depleted. Wayne took a season out of his growing ministry to recharge and refocus on the truly important. He was able to get back in touch with his life, get back in proper balance, and re-energize his spirit through Christ in a way that propelled him forward to greater levels of service. Wayne first gave this message at a recent Willow Creek Leadership Summit, where it was the highest-rated presentation by those in attendance. Pulling no punches, Wayne talks about the walls leaders must break through and how to move on with integrity. Included are ways to care for oneself physically and emotionally as well as spiritually.
Letters to the church by francis chan
If God had it His way, what would our churches look like?
In his most powerful book yet, Pastor Francis Chan digs deep into biblical truths, reflections on his own failures and dreams, and stories of ordinary people God is using to change the world.
As Chan says, “We’ve strayed so far from what God calls Church. We all know it. We know that what we’re experiencing is radically different from the Church in Scripture. For decades, church leaders like myself have lost sight of the inherent mystery of the Church. We have trained people sitting int he pews to become addicted to lesser things. It’s time for that to change.”
When Jesus returns, will He find us caring for His Bride-even more than for our own lives? Letters to the Church reminds us of how powerful, how glorious the Church was and calls us to once again be the Church God intended us to be.
LIBERATING PRAYER
Finding Freedom By Connecting With God by: Neil T. Anderson HAVE YOU HEARD FROM GOD LATELY? Trying to stay mentally focused in prayer is a common struggle for Christians. Tempting and distracting thoughts can plague their devotional lives. Is the enemy challenging your focus? What if you’re hearing from God and don’t know it? Maybe prayer is more about listening than talking. Dr. Neil T. Anderson explains this confusion and shares how you can find mental peace. His thoughts on prayer will change your devotional life. In this book you will discover how to: • be still and know that He is God • pray and be led by the Holy Spirit • make prayer a dialogue instead of a monologue • resolve personal and spiritual conflicts through prayer • overcome the trials of life when heaven seems silent Every Christian is a child of God with the same access to their heavenly Father. Liberating Prayer shows that prayer is a relationship and will set you free from meaningless rituals and stagnant devotions.
LIFE WITH GOD
by: Richard Foster LIFE WITH GOD is Richard Foster’s first major new work for nearly a decade and is of similar magnitude to his classics: PRAYER, CELEBRATION OF DISCIPLINE and STREAMS OF LIVING WATER. The starting point of LIFE WITH GOD is that so many of us want to make the Bible the foundation of our way of life, but struggle to make sense of this huge, apparently disjointed book. Why is that Christians try so hard to place the Bible at the centre of their lives, but in reality get very little from it in terms of genuine life-transforming practice? Richard Foster believes that it is because we fail to grasp the overriding coherent message of the Bible – that all of Scripture is unified around the theme of living a vibrant and dynamic life with God. Breaking up history into fifteen epochs that reveal the unfolding of God’s plan for seeking out a relationship with us, Foster sees the Bible as ‘the loving heart of God made visible and plain.’ Readers will discover a whole new way to read Scripture, making it a doorway to a lifestyle we can master, rather than merely knowledge we understand.