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Greek for Everyone
Introductory Greek for Bible Study and Application
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Who Says You Have to Attend Seminary to Learn Greek?
Reading the New Testament in its original language is one of the most effective ways to gain a greater understanding of the message of the Bible. Even though Greek is important to preparation for preaching and teaching, many who are called...
Thriving
Trusting God for Life to the Fullest
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Jesus made believers a bold promise: life and life to the fullest. He offers us more than just barely getting by when challenges come our way. But that kind of life doesn't happen automatically. It takes knowing and using what Jesus offers.
Thriving equips readers to live the abundant life...
Growing God's Church
How People Are Actually Coming to Faith Today
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
It's no secret that the evangelism methods of yesterday are not yielding the kinds of results they did in the 1970s and 1980s. So how are new Christians hearing the Gospel today? How are they finding churches? And what makes them stay at a church? The answers to these questions have the power to dramatically...
Look Back, Leap Forward
Building Your Church on the Values of the Past
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2001
The rapid changes all around us in the new millennium may cause one of two errors: wishing to return to an idealized past or refusing to look back at all. Both patterns of thinking lead to ineffective churches and communities. Look Back, Leap Forward challenges Christian leaders to balance the two...
Spiritual Intelligence
Discover Your SQ. Deepen Your Faith.
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Western culture has long prized the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) as a benchmark of a person's mental abilities. And since the mid-nineties we have known of other forms of intelligence such as emotional and social. Now, prolific author, former pastor, and leadership development specialist Alan E. Nelson...
Quit Church
Because Your Life Would Be Better If You Did
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Let's face it. Church isn't working. We hear sermons about the abundant life Jesus promised, but how many of us are actually living it? How many of our churches are thriving? How many people in our congregations are experiencing God's blessings? Maybe it's time to call it quits.
Quit church?...
by Kevin J. Navarro
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
In this concise and clearly written handbook, worship leaders from every denomination and musical style will find a wealth of information on how to develop their leadership skills and improve the effectiveness of corporate worship. Kevin J. Navarro explains the four basic elements that are crucial...
The Irresistible Community
An Invitation to Life Together
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
We all want a place where our stories matter, our voices are heard, our uniqueness is celebrated, our failures are embraced, and our hopes are unleashed. That kind of deep, life-changing community was modeled perfectly by Jesus and the ragged bunch of disciples with whom he chose to spend his time....
Empowered by His Presence
Receiving the Strength You Need Each Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
God's kingdom isn't about getting more power--it's about being empowered to face life head on and fulfill his purposes for us. For readers who are feeling beaten down and discouraged by constant striving, Kevin Harney points to four surprising and God-given sources of true strength:
ยท suffering,...
Winning the Heart of Your Child
9 Keys to Building a Positive Lifelong Relationship with Your Kids
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Many of us enter parenthood with a perfect vision of what our family will be. But along the way we discover that the children we've been blessed with are real human beings, with their own minds, ideals, and views of the world. Our influence only goes so far, and when those children reach the pre-teen...
Get Wise
Make Great Decisions Every Day
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
We make dozens of decisions, big and small every day--some without much thought at all. But with many decisions, there's a certain amount of danger. One wrong decision can destroy a career or a marriage. A string of wrong decisions can derail a life. So how do we know if our decisions are wise ones?
Pastor...
Big God with Study Guide
What Happens When We Trust Him
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Faith is trust. It is a confidence in the power and goodness of God that leads us to make good decisions and allows us to surrender our lives to him. As we strive to mature spiritually and lead lives pleasing to God, we all want more faith. Hebrews 6:12 says that we are to be "imitators of those...
The More-with-Less Church
Maximize Your Money, Space, Time, and People to Multiply Ministry Impact
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
In our challenging economic times, it is no surprise that churches must get creative with their resources. But the authors of The More-with-Less Church believe pastors, leadership teams, and planning committees should look on times such as these not as hurdles to overcome but as opportunities to reconsider...
Risen
50 Reasons Why the Resurrection Changed Everything
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
What would happen if believers truly grasped how the resurrection of Jesus changes not just their own standing with God, but that it changes everything? In the spirit of John Piper's Fifty Reasons Why Christ Came to Die, Steven D. Mathewson unpacks the New Testament Scriptures that speak of the reasons...