Church category: 10276 books
City on a Hill
Reclaiming the Biblical Pattern for the Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2003
We are now living in post-Christian times, when Christianity no longer is the prevailing influence on the mind and heart of our culture. But we cannot compromise. More than ever before, it is imperative that Christians understand and embrace the biblical pattern for the church. Philip Graham Ryken...
Biblical Theology
How the Church Faithfully Teaches the Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
Throughout the history of the church, Christians have always had to contend with the influence of unbiblical teachings related to God, humanity, and salvation. One of the most important safeguards against all forms of heresy is a robust appreciation for biblical theology—reading the Bible in a way...
What Pastors Wish Church Members Knew
Helping People Understand and Appreciate Their Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2009
Pastors face a nearly impossible position! Even happy, healthy pastors struggle with pressures, pains, and fears unique to their position. If pastors were given an opportunity to speak honestly, openly, and anonymously about themselves, their families, and their churches, what would they say?What...
All Together Different
Upholding the Church's Unity While Honoring Our Individual Identities
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Can we all just get along?
E Pluribus Unum: “Out of many, one.” This motto is emblazoned on the Great Seal of the United States, but it could be the church’s model, too. Unfortunately, the daily experience of many Christians and churches feels like the opposite: out of one, many. We are...
by Dr. Henrietta C. Mears
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
When Dr. Henrietta Mears began her ministry in Hollywood, California, in the 1930s, she was facing several challenges. Sixty percent of children at the time were not attending a church of any sort. Fewer than fifteen percent of children who attended Sunday School ever made a decision to follow Jesus....
The Struggle Is Real
How to Care for Mental and Relational Health Needs in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
20-25% of Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental illness. Divorce is epidemic. Abuse of all kinds is rampant. Suicidality is at an all-time high. Domestic violence is out of control. Cohabitation and out of wedlock births are at unprecedented levels. Addictions are more widespread than ever.
These...
You Lost Me
Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church...and Rethinking Faith
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Close to 60 percent of young people who went to church as teens drop out after high school. Now the bestselling author of unChristian trains his researcher's eye on these young believers. Where Kinnaman's first book unChristian showed the world what outsiders aged 16-29 think of Christianity, You...
Solus Jesus
A Theology of Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
If you read one book this year about the future of Christianity, then choose this book. Five hundred years ago the Protestant Reformation claimed the Bible as the authoritative guide for Christian living (“Sola Scriptura!” Only Scripture!). In this groundbreaking work, Emily Swan and Ken Wilson...
by Anthony Horvath
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2015
Many people, Christians included, think that the American Church only cares about abortion and gay marriage. How did this come to be? In this essay, Christian apologist Anthony Horvath makes the following argument: Many of the other issues that Christians care about have been turned over to the State...
Holding Up Your Corner
Talking about Race in Your Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Holding Up Your Corner: Talking About Race in Your Community, equips pastors to respond with confidence when crises occur, lower their own inhibitions about addressing this topic, and reclaim their authority as prophetic witnesses and leaders in order to transform their communities
Pastors...
by Robert Alan King
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2012
Ignatius of Antioch: His Beliefs on the Trinity, Salvation, Sin, Christianity, and the Church by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 4,900 words. This treatise discusses the beliefs of Ignatius on a variety of subjects, including the Trinity, the nature of the pre-incarnate Christ, salvation,...
Classic Christianity
A Systematic Theology
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
For the first time, Thomas Oden's Systematic Theology classic series (individually titled The Living God, The Word of Life, and Life in the Spirit) is available in one complete volume. A renowned theologian, Oden provides a consensus view of the Christian faith, delving deeply into ancient Christian...
Pastor Paul (Theological Explorations for the Church Catholic)
Nurturing a Culture of Christoformity in the Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2019
Being a pastor is a complicated calling. Pastors are often pulled in multiple directions and must "become all things to all people" (1 Cor. 9:22). What does the New Testament say (or not say) about the pastoral calling? And what can we learn about it from the apostle Paul?
According...
Transformational Groups
Creating a New Scorecard for Groups
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
God declared through the Apostle Paul that the church would be a place of transformation. In 2 Corinthians 5:17 we find, Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. Despite this, the church seems increasingly to be a place where...