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Now in its third edition and featuring a new foreword by New York Times best-selling author David Platt, pastor Mark Dever's classic book is not an instruction manual for church growth. Rather, it is a wise pastor's recommendation for how to assess the health of a church using nine crucial qualities often neglected by many of today's congregations. Church leaders and church members alike will resonate with the principles outlined here, breathing new...
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Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. 9Marks Church Questions is a new series that seeks to provide ordinary Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions Christians have about church life. Each volume offers...
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Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. 9Marks Church Questions is a new series that seeks to provide ordinary Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions Christians have about church life. Each volume offers...
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Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. 9Marks Church Questions is a new series that seeks to provide ordinary Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions Christians have about church life. Each volume offers...
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"This book is positively, intelligently, and helpfully countercultural." -- Nancy Guthrie , author, Even Better than Eden ; Saints and Scoundrels in the Story of Jesus ; and the Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament series The church has more beauty -- and more value -- than we can see with physical eyes. Though our congregations are made up of ordinary people engaged in predictable practices, we are an outpost of heaven itself. The church is the people...
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Put on the Armor of God in Your Daily Battle Against Sin
"True Christianity is a fight," wrote J. C. Ryle in 1877. He argued that from the day of their conversion until the day they die, Christians are called to be soldiers for Christ in a war for their holiness. This inspiring call to action written more than 100 years ago continues to be a source of great encouragement and inspiration for believers today.
In this addition to the Crossway Short...
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[2019]
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Seasoned advice for pastors facing the weekly challenge of preparing sermons.
For pastors, a new sermon comes every week. Conventional wisdom says that pastors need to sequester themselves to prepare their weekly sermon without distraction. But veteran preacher Frank Honeycutt suggests just the opposite: prepare your sermons as part of a daily, lived experience in the community.
Using the days of the week as a framework, Honeycutt describes practical...
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Avoid "Get-Rich-Quick" Missions Strategies and Invest in Effective, Long-Term Ministry
Trendy new missions strategies are a dime a dozen, promising missionaries monumental results in record time. These strategies report explosive movements of people turning to Christ, but their claims are often dubious and they do little to ensure the health of believers or churches that remain. How can churches and missionaries address the urgent need to reach unreached...
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Written by Rebecca McLaughlin, Author of Confronting Christianity
In a world of increasing ideological diversity, kids are being challenged to think through their own beliefs at an early age. Questions like How can you believe the Bible is true?; Why can't we just agree that love is love?; and Isn't Christianity against diversity? can seem like roadblocks for kids who are following Jesus, as well as for those who might otherwise consider faith in...
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"4 Practical Ways to Serve the Local Church Church Questions is a series that seeks to provide ordinary Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church life. Each volume offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment. Believers display the greatness of God's kingdom to a hostile world when we selflessly serve each other and those...
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Gospel Publishing House
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[2020]
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"Revelation, the End Times and the Never Reached examines the book for Revelation from the perspective of missions. Chris Carter brilliantly lays out God's grand cosmic design for the redemption of all mankind and focuses on the Church's response in apocalyptic times. It is a timely reminder in a chaotic world."--
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Chalice Press
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[2017]
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The Festival of Young Preachers is a trans-denominational, one-of-a-kind event designed to showcase and encourage young people who aspire to be preachers of the Gospel. Heaven and Earth celebrates the preaching ministry of the millennial generation with its collection of sermons preached during the 2016 Festival.
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HigherLife Publishing
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2015.
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This insightful book is a call to action for Christians to get out of their comfort zones and become "Christian Extremists." A positive form of extremism will "result in a move of God that can transform this world in an incredible way- not through anger, bombs and pain, but through love, commitment, and sacrifice." Compassion and humility shine through this appeal for all Christians to be "either all out or all in" when responding to Jesus's final...
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Zondervan
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[2015]
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Preaching the Whole Counsel of God is a primary textbook on the art and science of preaching for pastors and pastors-in-training that teaches you how to practice expository, Christ-focused hermeneutics, combined with Gospel-centered, audience-transforming homiletics. It will guide you to: • Discover the truth of the text according to the human author. • Discern Christ in the text according to the divine author. • Design your sermon with truth,...
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Crossway
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[2015]
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Pastors spend much of their time counseling people in crisis-a delicate task that requires one to carefully evaluate each situation, share relevant principles from God's Word, and offer practical suggestions for moving forward. Too often, however, pastors feel unprepared to effectively shepherd their people through difficult circumstances such as depression, adultery, eating disorders, and suicidal thinking. Written to help pastors and church leaders...
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Crossway
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[2021]
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"9 Practical Ways to Support International Missions Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church...
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Crossway
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[2021]
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"A Christian without a church is a Christian in trouble."
Since a global pandemic abruptly closed places of worship, many Christians have skipped church life, even neglecting virtual services. But this was a trend even before COVID-19. Polarizing issues, including political and racial strife, convinced some people to pull away from the church and one another. Now it's time to recommit to gathering as brothers and sisters in Christ.
In Rediscover Church,...
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HigherLife Publishing / Independent Publishers Group
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[2021]
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WHEN YOU SERVEDO SO WITH EXCELLENCE. This is an ideal resource not just for ushers and greeters but for all who serve others in a church or other ministry capacity.
Your role in serving others is vital to advancing the kingdom of God. Every page will help you better appreciate your unique position and ability to bring glory to God through service. Everyone from churchgoers to ministry members and leaders to church staff and pastors should read this...
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Crossway
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[2016]
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Before ascending to heaven, Jesus instructed his followers to “make disciples of all nations.” But what does this command actually entail? What does it look like for Christians to care for one another’s spiritual well-being and growth? In this introduction to the basics of discipling, veteran pastor and author Mark Dever uses biblical definitions and practical examples to show how Christians can help one another become more like Christ every...
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Crossway
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[2014]
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What makes for good preaching?
In this accessible volume-written for preachers and preachers in training-pastor David Helm outlines what must be believed and accomplished to become a faithful expositor of God's Word.
In addition to offering practical, step-by-step guidance for preachers, this short book will equip all of us to recognize good preaching when we hear it.
Part of the 9Marks: Building Healthy Churches series.
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