Baker Books imprint: 897 books
Linking Arms, Linking Lives
How Urban-Suburban Partnerships Can Transform Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Among the various lines drawn between people in the church--male and female, young and old, black and white, rich and poor, Republican and Democrat--there is the line between the urban and the suburban. The stereotypes of the edgy, socially active, multicultural urban Christian and the middle-class,...
Punk Monk
New Monasticism and the Ancient Art of Breathing
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
Fleeing the compromises of the 4th century church, the Desert Fathers founded monasticism. In reaction to a Christianity they scarcely recognized, these radicals fled to the Egyptian desert to model a different, radical style of discipleship, filled with sacrifice and continual prayer. Who are the...
The Tech-Wise Family
Everyday Steps for Putting Technology in Its Proper Place
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Making conscientious choices about technology in our families is more than just using internet filters and determining screen time limits for our children. It's about developing wisdom, character, and courage in the way we use digital media rather than accepting technology's promises of ease, instant...
Love Thy Body
Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Why the call to *Love Thy Body? *To counter a pervasive hostility toward the body and biology that drives today's headline stories:
Transgenderism: Activists detach gender from biology. Kids down to kindergarten are being taught their bodies are irrelevant. Is this affirming--or does it demean...
Trusting God through Tears
A Story to Encourage
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
Amid gripping pain, can God be trusted? This story of a father's loss of his son encourages readers to depend upon the Lord in their greatest suffering.
DO Something!
Make Your Life Count
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Everyone wants their life to count. We all wish we could make a difference in a hurting world. The good news is that we can. Despite our own brokenness (and, in fact, because of it) each of us can be Jesus's hands and feet on Earth, reaching out to others in real and profound ways.
With powerful...
by John L. Mayshack
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1991
Descriptive titles, key Scripture texts, themes, and main points provide a treasury of ideas for pastors, evangelists, and Bible study leaders. A wide variety of subjects is covered.
Thy Kingdom Connected (ēmersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith)
What the Church Can Learn from Facebook, the Internet, and Other Networks
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Networks are everywhere. From our roads to our relationships, from our food supply to our power grids, networks are an integral part of how we live. Similarly, our churches, denominations, and even the kingdom of God are networks. Knowing how networks function and how to work with rather than against...
Answering Jehovah's Witnesses
Subject by Subject
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1996
This book guides Christians to discuss non-biblical issues with Jehovah's Witnesses subject by subject in a non-confrontational manner.
My Father, Maker of the Trees
How I Survived the Rwandan Genocide
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
My Father, Maker of the Trees is a story not only of surviving the Rwandan genocide--it is also a story of spiritual rebirth, healing, and redemption of a land and a people. This incredible true account shows readers the reality of evil in the world as well as the power of hope. Eric's message of...
Leading Today's Funerals
A Pastoral Guide for Improving Bereavement Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1997
This concise guide to bereavement ministry helps pastors lead people through funerals that honor the deceased and comfort those left behind.
by Dr. Tim Clinton, Dr. Diane Langberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The newest addition to the popular Quick-Reference Guide collection, The Quick-Reference Guide to Counseling Women focuses on the special needs of women in counseling situations. It is an A-Z guide for assisting people-helpers--pastors, professional counselors, youth workers, and everyday believers--to...
God on Mute
Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Pete Greig, the acclaimed author of Red Moon Rising, has written his most intensely personal and honest account yet in God on Mute, a book born out of his wife Samie's fight for her life and diagnosis of a debilitating brain tumor. Greig asks the timeless questions of what it means to suffer and to...
Pure Heart
A Woman's Guide to Sexual Integrity
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Our culture has twisted and perverted God's most intimate gift--sex and sexuality. And men are not the only ones who struggle with sexual sin. In this frank and disarming book, Shellie Warren helps female readers understand and embrace the true purpose and role of sex in their lives. Whether single...