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Sometimes people lose sight of the core of their ministry. They feel overwhelmed by the needs that surround them on a daily basis. Wise and beloved pastor Warren Wiersbe invites ministry leaders to listen in on thirty short "armchair chats" to encourage and strengthen them for service. He shares what he wishes he had known about ministering to others when he began his own Christian pilgrimage. "Ministry," he says, "takes place when divine resources...
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Twelve time-honored Christian practices that will help us, and the world, to flourish
Practicing Our Faith offers help to Christians who are asking how our faith can help us discern what we might do and who we might become.
How can we live faithfully and with integrity in a world where the pace of existence is so fast and life's patterns are changing all around us? Can we conduct our daily lives in ways that help us not just get by but flourish-as...
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Ray Anderson offers an inspiring call for Christian leaders to view Jesus as a model for their own ministry today. The Soul of Ministry explores the idea of ministry across denominations and discovers its soul in God's love for the world. Designed for pastors of all denominations, this book combines social biblical theology with numerous real-life anecdotes from Anderson's teaching and ministry.
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This book gathers a diverse group of leading pastors and preachers and asks them, what is your best advice to colleagues in ministry about preaching and being a pastor? The responses are full of wisdom and practical advice, illuminating and helpful for all who are pastors and preachers. This book is a unique window into perspectives on ministry in the twenty-first century. It is an ideal book to give to one's pastor or a graduating seminarian. It...
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"What do I do now?" Whether you're a lay minister, pastor, or missionary, this is probably a question you've often asked yourself. Along with the joy of helping people in Christian ministry comes the complexity of all the issues and situations that arise.
This book offers biblical perspectives and insights into twenty of the most common, and puzzling, questions that occur in Christian ministry today. Questions like . . . how can I help people with...
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a relentless condition, the primary symptom being the occurrence of terrifying ideas, images, and urges that jump into a person's mind and return again and again, despite the individual's attempt to remove them. Christians who suffer from OCD may grapple with additional guilt, as the undesired thoughts are frequently of a spiritual nature. Yet people may be surprised to learn that some of the greatest leaders...
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Pastoral leadership has always been challenging, but clergy and parish leaders today face unprecedented challenges, many of which simply didn't exist a generation ago. The questions of ministry and leadership in the church today range broadly across the financial and the managerial, the spiritual and the interpersonal.
In such a time, a wise mentor who can articulate a way forward for others is an immeasurable help. In Reviving the Congregation, Michael...
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Our society is brimming with people suffering the effects of past abuse, rejection, physical illness, bad choices, and unhealthy relationships. Author and radio personality Norma Dearing has spent thousands of hours listening to and praying with those in need of emotional, physical, or spiritual healing. In The Healing Touch, she shares stories from countless people who have been set free from unhealthy relationships, unholy unions, addictions, generational...
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Six scholars trace the role of lamentation in the Old and New Testaments in A Time for Sorrow: Recovering the Practice of Lament in the Life of the Church, reflecting on the theological significance of lament, affirming the ongoing relevance of lamentation in the life of the church, and exploring its biblical roots and application in church practice.
In a church era dominated by positive thinking and slick, upbeat "worship," even mentioning the word...
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La unción del Espíritu Santo (Serie del Espíritu Santo - Volumen Uno) habla sobre como la unción, está diseñada para la vida cristiana y el crecimiento espiritual. Trata sobre la unción sacerdotal, la unción real, la unción especial, la unción peculiar, la unción profética, la unción sanadora, la uncion de liberación, la unción inusual, la unción de los leprosos y también para el estudio individual y en grupo. Sal de la ignorancia....
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Every Christian wants to know, "What is God's purpose for my life?" Whether volunteering part time or involved in full-time vocational ministry, Christians frequently struggle to find satisfaction in their areas of service. This book helps readers match who they are--their unique spiritual gifts, passions, temperament, talents, and leadership style--with the ministry area for which God designed them. A practical guide, it takes dedicated Christians...
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Cet ouvrage sur l'onction du Saint-Esprit a été conçu pour le développement de la vie chrétienne et la croissance spirituelle. Il traite de l'onction sacerdotale, de l'onction royale, de l'onction spéciale, de l'onction particulière, de l'onction prophétique, de l'onction de guérison, de l'onction de la délivrance, de l'onction inhabituelle, de l'onction des lépreux et de l'étude individuelle ou en groupe. Tout ce dont vous avez besoin...
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How you can make the best of your friendships.
In a world where making friends-and unfriending-can be done with a click, is friendship the most disposable relationship? Or is it an underappreciated treasure? How should you think about your friends?
In Why Does Friendship Matter?, Chris L. Firestone and Alex H. Pierce consider the profits and perils of friendship. Everyone needs friends. Friends help us navigate and enjoy life: "The sweetness of...
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In Mandate to Difference, renowned theologian Walter Brueggemann sets forth a new vision of the Christian church in today's world. Based on speaking engagements surrounding his critical passion and conviction that the church in this moment must set itself in tension with the rest of the world, these essays call the church to courageously defy political polarization, consumerism, and militarism.
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Embrace time as a gift—not an obstacle
Receiving the Day invites us to open the gift of time, to dwell in the freedom to rest and worship that God intends for us and for all creatures. In this book, Dorothy C. Bass shows how Christian practices for rest and worship continually welcome us into a way of life attuned to the love of God, neighbor, earth, and self.
Bass does not aim to provide clear instructions for creating a schedule...
Receiving the Day invites us to open the gift of time, to dwell in the freedom to rest and worship that God intends for us and for all creatures. In this book, Dorothy C. Bass shows how Christian practices for rest and worship continually welcome us into a way of life attuned to the love of God, neighbor, earth, and self.
Bass does not aim to provide clear instructions for creating a schedule...
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A great quotation can rattle foundations, and reverberate from one generation to the next-Echoes of Thunder: A Collection of Christian Quotes & Godly Wit resonates throughout with over 450 quotations from the wide world of Christendom. Whether you're searching for sage-like wisdom from the Boanerges of the past, or hoping to gain fresh insight from the spiritual storm-chasers of today, Echoes of Thunder will not disappoint!
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Women's ministry today addresses the needs of women in all walks and stages of life. Drawing on her years of church staff experience, Linda Lesniewski describes the changing and varied needs of women and encourages Christian women to become involved in leadership. The book emphasizes the biblical foundation of women's ministry and explores the call of God to minister to women. Moving to more practical issues, it discusses leadership training, following...
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DESARROLLA UN PLAN PARA ORAR POR TU IGLESIA
"Hermanos, oren por nosotros" (1 Tesalonicenses 5:25)
Las cartas del Apóstol Pablo están llenas con referencias a la oración: peticiones de oración de las iglesias, oraciones por esas iglesias y mensajes de ánimo de que Dios está obrando a través de esas oraciones. Los pastores y los líderes de la iglesia saben que la oración es ponderosa y que debe ser prioridad en cada ministerio, Aun así, muchos...
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Every day, a pastor faces armies of despair, fatigue, exhaustion, and frustration. That blessed hope of a Spurgeon church has morphed into a Paul prison. Every time he looks up, there is another attack. First errors are found, then sin; doctrinal arguing leads to internal strife. The army of the nation's culture surrounds for the kill. The pastor places his baptism handkerchief on a broom handle and crawls out to surrender.
Just then, he looks to...
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