Baker Publishing Group: 4943 books
Choosing the Good
Christian Ethics in a Complex World
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
An intelligent discussion of the foundations and methods in ethics and ways to apply a Christian worldview to our secular culture.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
This one-stop reference book on the vital relationship between Scripture and ethics offers needed orientation and perspective for students, pastors, and scholars. Written to respond to the movement among biblical scholars and ethicists to recover the Bible for moral formation, it is the best reference...
Change across Cultures
A Narrative Approach to Social Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
C. S. Lewis compared the task of ethical inquiry to sailing a fleet of ships; the primary task is avoiding collisions. When introducing cultural change, such collisions are inevitable. Bruce Bradshaw provides expert instruction for navigating these cultural clashes.
Bradshaw contends that lasting...
Acts: An Exegetical Commentary : Volume 1
Introduction and 1:1-247
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Highly respected New Testament scholar Craig Keener is known for his meticulous and comprehensive research. This commentary on Acts, his magnum opus, may be the largest and most thoroughly documented Acts commentary available. Useful not only for the study of Acts but also early Christianity, this...
Acts: An Exegetical Commentary : Volume 3
15:1-23:35
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
Highly respected New Testament scholar Craig Keener is known for his meticulous and comprehensive research. This commentary on Acts, his magnum opus, may be the largest and most thoroughly documented Acts commentary available. Useful not only for the study of Acts but also early Christianity, this...
Biblical Preaching
The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
This bestselling text by Haddon Robinson, considered by many to be the "teacher of preachers," has sold over 300,000 copies and is a contemporary classic in the field. It offers students, pastors, and Bible teachers expert guidance in the development and delivery of expository sermons. This new edition...
Engage
A Guide to Creating Life-Transforming Worship Services
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
No matter how great Sunday's worship service was, there's always another Sunday lurking at the end of the next week that must be planned. Church leaders often fall into ruts, working on automatic pilot just trying to get things together, which does not allow for much creativity or focus on designing...
by Greg Laurie
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2006
We all know what it's like to justify something we're about to do with a clever excuse. Temptation knocks at every door. No one is immune. But often we put ourselves in places of vulnerability and then wonder why we get tempted. So, wherein lies the problem? With the lies we tell ourselves and our...
by Chip Ingram
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
In this encouraging book, Chip Ingram reveals how readers can meet God in the midst of their most difficult circumstances. Chip's candid discussion, personal stories, and solid guidance will allow readers to move from "knowing about God" to profoundly experiencing his presence and power...
The Gospel according to Daniel
A Christ-Centered Approach
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
Often we read the book of Daniel in one of two ways--either as a book about a heroic man whose righteousness should inspire us to keep the faith no matter what our circumstances, or as a roadmap to the end times that can, through careful study, perhaps tell us the day and hour (or nearly so) of Christ's...
30 Years a Watchtower Slave
The Confessions of a Converted Jehovah's Witness
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2002
At first, the Watchtower Society seemed harmless to William J. Schnell, even valuable as a way to develop his faith in God and pass it on to others. This book is Schnell's fascinating account of his involvement with the cult, which effectively enticed him in the 1920s and continues to lure countless...
Advanced Strategic Planning
A 21st-Century Model for Church and Ministry Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013
First published in 1999, Advanced Strategic Planning explains why planning is so important to carrying out the church's mission. Now in its third edition, this classic resource offers
•a nine-step strategic thinking and acting model
•useful ideas for developing a ministry strategy
•diagrams...
Being Leaders
The Nature of Authentic Christian Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2003
What makes a leader a Christian leader? Too many churches and parachurch groups operate under secular leadership principles and strategies without considering what Scripture teaches. In this accessible and comprehensive book, leadership expert Aubrey Malphurs articulates a working definition of Christian...
Building Leaders
Blueprints for Developing Leadership at Every Level of Your Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
Training the next generation of leaders is crucial to spreading the gospel, yet most churches have no formal way of doing this. Why? Tight budgets, small staffs, and a lack of know-how are just a few reasons suggested by church consultants Aubrey Malphurs and William Mancini in this groundbreaking...