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Like nothing else, small groups have the power to change lives. They are the ideal route to discipleship-a place where the rubber of biblical truth meets the road of human relationships. However, church leaders often feel at a loss when it comes to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of group life in a church, and they struggle with understanding and solving the root causes of problems. Group Life resources provide in this ebook the practical tools...
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Like nothing else, small groups have the power to change lives. They are the ideal route to discipleship-a place where the rubber of biblical truth meets the road of human relationships. However, church leaders often feel at a loss when it comes to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of group life in a church, and they struggle with understanding and solving the root causes of problems. Group Life resources provide in eBook format the practical...
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Like nothing else, small groups have the power to change lives. They are the ideal route to discipleship-a place where the rubber of biblical truth meets the road of human relationships. However, church leaders often feel at a loss when it comes to assessing the strengths and weaknesses of group life in a church, and they struggle with understanding and solving the root causes of problems. Group Life resources provide, in eBook format, the practical...
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Common Roots turns the searchlight of historic Christianity on twenty-first-century evangelicalism. Originally published in 1978 as a clarion call to all evangelicals, this reprint presents Webber's thoughts to a new generation and includes a foreword by David Neff, the executive director of the center that pays tribute to Webber's work and supports the ancient-future faith movement.
Webber's primary concern is to uncover the roots of evangelical...
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We've read all the hot books on evangelism, we've attended scores of seminars-and still we're not reaching the unchurched. Eighty to ninety percent of churchless Americans will never darken our culturally relevant, seeker-sensitive doors. What are we missing? Maybe we've been asking the wrong people. Instead of consulting the unchurched masses, it's time we heard what the small but important minority who have recently begun attending a church have...
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An expert in the field of pastoral care, John Patton demonstrates that pastoral care is a ministry of the church. He focuses on the community of faith as an authorizer and source of care and upon the relationship between the pastor and a caring community. Patton identifies and compares three paradigms of pastoral care: the classical, the clinical pastoral, and the communal contextual. This third paradigm emphasizes the caring community and the various...
8) What If . . . ?: 450 Thought Provoking Questions to Get Teenagers Talking, Laughing, and Thinking
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How will your kids answer these provocative questions? What if. . .you could talk to you family about anything? . . .you could have one superhuman power? . . .you could grade your teacher? . . .You found out your best friend had AIDS? . . .you could exchange bodies with anyone? . . .you could ask God three questions? Their answer will spark lively discussion, debate, and real thinking. You can use the 450 stimulating questions you'll find in What...
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Even though nearly 2,000 years have passed since Paul wrote his letters, students today are facing many of the same issues as the Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. They may be experiencing angst or hurt, or they may be hearing messages that are contrary to what they know to be true about the Gospel. They're probably even dealing with questions about sexuality and morality. By studying these practical letters of Paul, students will learn...
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If we look at the life of Moses, we find numerous spiritual lessons that will benefit any disciple of Jesus. Is his life important? Most assuredly, as this volume of work explores. He was a murderer, yet God used him mightily. He was almost killed as an infant, yet survived to do great things for God, leading a life of worth and value for 120 years. He survived the harshness of two wilderness journeys, totalling 80 years, and rightly takes his place,...
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At first glance, preaching and advertising seem worlds apart from one another. One tries to proclaim love of God and neighbor; the other tries to sell you something that you may or may not need. Yet both must compete with other ways we receive and process information in an increasingly distracted world. While most of the time preaching simply tries to muddle through this situation, advertising knows that it must continually relearn how to reclaim...
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Do you want to teach solid Biblical truth to your kids without their eyes glazing over as soon as you say "open your Bibles"? Now you can, with Creative Bible Lessons in John: Encounters with Jesus. Following in the successful path of Youth Specialties' instant bestseller Creative Bible Lessons on the Life of Christ by Doug Fields, veteran family life and youth workers Janice and Jay Ashcraft have created 12 lively, ready-to-use lessons that actually...
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Get Your Students Talking About the Bible And God. And themselves, their beliefs, their questions, their lives. About the things that matter to them.
Do it conveniently and effectively with Junior High-Middle School TalkSheets--Updated!, part of the best-selling discussion-starting TalkSheets series from Youth Specialties, now updated for new-millennium students. Here are 50 creative discussions that focus on relevant, real-life topics:
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As communicators in a culture saturated with storylines, we have the profound opportunity to invite our students into the masterful Story of God. There are a variety of ways to invite our students into this Story, but this book discusses and explores how to teach through one of Jesus' most powerful modes of communication--fictional storytelling. Rabbinical storytelling (otherwise known as Jewish Agada) embraces the narrative of Scripture and invites...
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Adolescent culture is always changing, making it difficult for youth pastors to keep up. Even college students who are a few years out of high school find it challenging to stay current with the changing culture of teens. However, when equipped with tools that help them think critically about culture on a broad scale, youth ministry students can be prepared for a strategic ministry to teens that effectively addresses the youth cultural context. This...
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"In a rapidly changing world,… the central missionary vision of the church must be constantly renewed, lest its foundations become lost in the confusion of change or its practices trapped in missionary models of the past."
In this second edition of Missions, long-time missionary Gailyn Van Rheenen revises and updates his classic text on Christian missions, laying sound theological and strategic foundations for the missionary of today and tomorrow.
Van...
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Un guide de travail pour le ministère pastoral a un jeune converti.
Dans ce livre, Z .T. Fomum parle du
baptême d'eau,
baptême dans le Saint Esprit et
témoignage chrétien,
comme des choses qui demandent de la part du nouveau converti une obéissance absolue. C'est ce que Jésus a voulu établir par sa propre vie. C'est aussi ce qu'attend le ministère des aptres de notre Seigneur Jésus Christ.
Le livre établit les vérités doctrinales...
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The book of Philippians is a letter written by the apostle Paul to the Christian community in Philippi, a city in ancient Macedonia (modern-day Greece). The letter is often considered one of Paul's "prison letters," as he is believed to have written it while he was imprisoned, likely in Rome.The book of Philippians deals with several main themes:Joy and rejoicing: Paul emphasizes the importance of joy and rejoicing in the Christian life, despite difficult...
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Is your spiritual imagination up to the task of following Jesus's vision for healing our broken world?
"Gradually, very gradually, we saw the great mountain sides and glaciers . . . until far higher in the sky than imagination had dared suggest the white summit of Everest appeared." -George Mallory, 1924 Everest climbing expedition leader
The Jesus Climb crafts George Mallory's quest to climb the world's tallest mountain into a parable illustrating...
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"Empathetic Evangelism: A Practical Guide" is an illuminating guidebook, presenting a new perspective on sharing the Gospel message in our complex, contemporary world. This book provides a profound understanding of 'felt needs,' or the deep emotional and spiritual needs individuals grapple with daily.Equipped with insights from both theology and psychology, including concepts from Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, this guide combines a compassionate understanding...
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