Baker Books imprint: 897 books
by Gregory A. Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1992
What's special about Oneness Pentecostals?
In this penetrating analysis of Oneness theology and practice, Gregory Boyd reveals the experience of four years of personal involvement in a Oneness church.
Although Oneness Pentecostals' belief in Christ's deity establishes some common ground...
Rethinking the Church
A Challenge to Creative Redesign in an Age of Transition
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2003
Why is it important to rethink the church? Today many leaders focus on how their ministries can be run more efficiently. But the foundational question, according to James Emery White, should be Why do we have this ministry? and then, Why do we do this ministry the way we do? Is it effective?
Rethinking...
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Pastoral Succession That Works
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Every church and ministry goes through changes in leadership, and the issue is far bigger than the wave of pastors from the Baby Boomer generation who are moving toward retirement. When a pastor leaves a church, ministries are disrupted and members drift away. If the church is already struggling,...
Make College Count
A Faithful Guide to Life and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
There's more to college than classes, credits, and a nonstop social life. It's more than getting a degree to improve one's job prospects. College is a time where students develop into the adults they will be for the rest of their lives, a time to explore the big questions about life and human destiny,...
Jesus Mean and Wild
The Unexpected Love of an Untamable God
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Many Christians are used to the idea of a meek and mild Jesus, the stereotypical "nice guy." Countering these all too prevalent notions, Mark Galli offers a unique study of seventeen troubling passages from the Gospel of Mark to prove we should be anything but comfortable with Christ.
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The Generosity Ladder
Your Next Step to Financial Peace
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
The Generosity Ladder is the quintessential guidebook for anyone who desires to handle money with excellence. Written as an answer to all of the questions and misunderstandings that surround the intersection of God and money, The Generosity Ladder clarifies, once and for all, what the Bible really...
Every Season Prayers
Gospel-Centered Prayers for the Whole of Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
Topically Arranged Prayers for Individual, Family, and Church
God calls us to pray, and we want to talk to our heavenly Father. But so often we don't know what to say, or we feel like our words are getting no higher than the ceiling above us. Prayer should draw us closer to God, but guilt over...
by Kyle Idleman
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
What better way to celebrate Easter
than to receive forgiveness
and experience God's grace in your life?
We all have them. Burdens of guilt and shame we carry around. We're weighed down, constantly reminded of where we've fallen short.
But the truth is we're carrying around something...
Peacemaking Pastor, The
A Biblical Guide to Resolving Church Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Seminaries generally are not very effective in equipping pastors to be ministers of reconciliation, says pastor and experienced mediator Alfred Poirier. The result is pastors trained in biblical exposition, well-ordered worship, and good theology, but with little practical know-how about one of the...
Faith of Leap, The (Shapevine)
Embracing a Theology of Risk, Adventure & Courage
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
As Helen Keller observed, "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."
To Michael Frost and Alan...
Shaping of Things to Come, The
Innovation and Mission for the 21st-Century Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
In a time when the need for and the relevance of the Gospel has seldom been greater, the relevance of the church has seldom been less. The Shaping of Things to Come explores why the church needs to rebuild itself from the bottom up. Frost and Hirsch present a clear understanding of how the church...
The Dusty Ones
Why Wandering Deepens Your Faith
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Through every turn of the biblical story, God's people are a wandering people. When they are rescued from slavery in Egypt, God sends them into the desert, where they wander for a generation. Jesus and his disciples wander from town to town. In fact, some of God's most important truths are imparted...
by Russell E. Spray
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1995
These simple and straightforward sermon outlines for pastors and speakers make sermon preparation easier and more efficient.
by Christopher J. H. Wright
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Section by section exposition with key terms and phrases highlighted and all Hebrew transliterated. A separate section of notes at the close of each chapter provides additional textual and technical comments. Each commentary also includes a selected bibliography as well as Scripture and subject indexes....