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Incarnation
The Surprising Overlap of Heaven & Earth
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2013
Jesus defies simplistic, effortless, undemanding explications. To be sure, Jesus often communicated his truth in simple, homely, direct ways, but his truth was anything but apparent and undemanding in the living. Common people heard Jesus gladly, not all, but enough to keep the government nervous,...
by James F. White
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
The sacraments were a major factor in the Reformation of the sixteenth century. Ever since, they have been an important part of Protestant church life. Major changes have occurred in our time as most traditions have revised their sacramental rites and experienced many changes in sacramental practices....
Calvin vs. Wesley
Bringing Belief in Line with Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Congregations are made up of people with all sorts of theologies. Pastor Mike Slaughter even says that these can stand in the way of the church’s mission of social and personal holiness. But most people do not adopt a theology on purpose, mostly they merely breathe in the prevailing cultural air....
The Theology of John Wesley
Holy Love and the Shape of Grace
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
A rich articulation of John Wesley's theology that is appreciative of the old and mindful of the new, faithful to the past and attentive to the present.
This work carefully displays John Wesley's eighteenth century theology in its own distinct historical and social location, but then transitions...
Have You Faith in Christ?
A Bishop’s Insight into the Historic Questions Asked of Those Seeking Admission into Full Connection in The United Methodist Church.
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015
John Wesley taught his followers to ask questions. New Christians were placed in small classes where they were queried weekly about their progress in the Christian journey: how it is with your soul, are you making progress, are you going on to a perfection of love in the walk with Christ? Christian...
The Greatest Story Never Told
Revive Us Again
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
God raises up Methodists for such a time as this.
Here is a ditty Len Sweet’s Methodist grandfather used to sing:
A Methodist, a Methodist will I be
A Methodist will I die.
I’ve been baptized...
The Scripture Way of Salvation
The Heart of Wesley's Theology
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Taking its title from one of John Wesley's most important sermons, The Scripture Way of Salvation explores the soteriological content of Wesley's entire literary corpus (sermons, letters, theological treatises, journals, and the notes on the Old and New Testaments). Fundamentally a doctrinal study,...
Revival Youth Study Book
Faith as Wesley Lived It
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Join Adam Hamilton for a six-week journey as he travels to England, following the life of John Wesley and exploring his defining characteristics of a Wesleyan Christian. Wesley’s story is our story. It defines our faith and it challenges us to rediscover our spiritual passion.
Everything...
by Shane Raynor
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
What does it mean to be holy? The author of Hebrews tells us we’ve already been made holy through Jesus Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. But in the same letter, we’re also told to pursue holiness. What are we to make of this apparent paradox? Are there multiple types of holiness, or just multiple...
Introducción a la Última Cena y el Banquete de la Creación AETH
Introduction to the Last Supper Spanish AETH
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Eliseo Pérez con gran creatividad va tejiendo su libro a partir del campo semántico de la última cena; y así como el menú es tan minucioso, así también el libro de Pérez está lleno de datos y estadísticas de todo tipo, interesantísimos. En torno a la comida, el autor hila el presente...
by Ron Crandall
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Since its publication in 1995, Ron Crandall’s Turnaround Strategies for the Small Church has become required reading for anyone striving to revitalize the ministry of a small membership congregation. That book was built on extensive interviews and studies conducted in dozens of small membership churches,...
Follow You, Follow Me
Why Social Networking is Essential to Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Ethical business: Subprime mortgage lenders
A healthy meal: Stadium nachos
Words of wisdom: Twitter
We don’t often associate social networking with good things. The conventional wisdom, as it were, is that Twitter, Facebook and the like are engaging and fun, maybe dangerous, and definitely...
Taking Flight With Creativity
Worship Design Teams That Work
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Pastors and church leaders in many congregations have attempted to form teams for the purpose of planning, or designing, worship. Getting a group of people together in one room is fairly easy. But whether large or small church, staff or volunteer, most discover that it is difficult to form a team...
AdMinistry
The Nuts and Bolts of Church Administration
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Shepherding the church requires up-to-date knowledge of budgets, insurance, financial management, personnel organization, audits, and legal liability. These responsibilities are complex and ever-changing. While as pastor, you are called to be a faithful steward of the church’s resources and an effective...