Pastoral Ministry category: 1680 books
1001 Humorous Illustrations for Public Speaking
Fresh, Timely, and Compelling Illustrations for Preachers, Teachers, and Speakers
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2010
You have something important to say. Are you sure your audience is listening? Clocks start ticking in the minds of your listeners the minute you begin your presentation. These clocks measure the amount of time you have to interest them before their attention wanders elsewhere. Could be three minutes....
by William P Farley
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
***The secret is gratitude. If you want to be more confident in this truth, open this book. ***
At one time or another, most Christians struggle with depression, discouragement, or despondency. When this happens, spiritual joy is the great need. William Farley has written a practical book...
by Donald S. Whitney
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
This updated companion guide to Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life (see description below) takes you through a carefully selected array of disciplines that will help you grow in godliness. Ideal for personal or small-group use.
Drawn from a rich heritage, Spiritual Disciplines for...
Gospel Driven Leadership
5 Non-Negotiable, Unchanging, and Eternal Principles for Leading Like Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
It's Time To Rethink Leadership! How Would You Like To Learn From The Greatest Leader In Human History?
We Don't Need Another Leadership Book... We Need A New Kind Of Leader
Jesus Christ showed the world what a perfect human looks like. Not only did he show us perfected humanity,...
by Tom Wright
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Making use of his true scholar's understanding, yet writing in an approachable and anecdotal style, Tom Wright captures the verve and sparkle of these letters. Paul wrote the letters while in prison facing possible death, but their passion and energy are undimmed. They reveal Paul's longing to see...
Choosing to Be Catholic
For the First Time or Once Again
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
First published in 2001, Choosing to Be Catholic has sold nearly 25,000 copies and maintains its status as a Catholic parish favorite. In this revised edition, Jesuit priest, master-teacher, and bestselling author William J. O’Malley, S.J., prompts seekers and skeptics alike to ask a new set of questions...
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How You Can Have More of the Spirit When You Already Have Everything in Christ
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Christ promised his disciples that they would receive power when the Holy Spirit came on them, and that they would be his witnesses across the world. When the Spirit did come to them in tongues of fire, thousands believed in Christ and were saved. That same miracle, that same Spirit, is alive in us...
Moral Wisdom
Lessons and Texts from the Catholic Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Moral Wisdom introduces readers to moral theory through a Catholic lens. In a warm, conversational style, Father Keenan shares a wealth of stories and examples to highlight the resources in the Catholic tradition for developing moral wisdom. Connecting formative influences of the Catholic heritage...
Practicing the King's Economy
Honoring Jesus in How We Work, Earn, Spend, Save, and Give
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
The church in the West is rediscovering the fact that God cares deeply for the poor. More and more, churches and individual Christians are looking for ways to practice economic discipleship, but it's hard to make progress when we are blind to our own entanglement in our culture's idolatrous economic...
Against the Wind
Creating a Church of Diversity Through Authentic Love
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
As pastors we have taught our people about God's promise to bless every family on earth through Abraham. We have preached that our mission is to reach the whole world with the gospel. But what about the newcomers from other countries who have moved near our churches? What about those who live under...
The Pastor
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
In The Pastor, author Eugene Peterson, translator of the multimillion-selling The Message, tells the story of how he started Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland and his gradual discovery of what it really means to be a pastor. Steering away from abstractions, Peterson challenges...
by Beppe Amico
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 10, 2015
Questo non è il solito libro di preghiere. E’ un nuovo libro di orazioni.
Nuovo perché contiene per la maggior parte, preghiere inedite e mai pubblicate, frutto del cammino spirituale di molti anni del curatore della presente pubblicazione.
Oltre a contenere orazioni ispirate adatte alle...
Praying for the Whole World
A Handbook for Intercessors
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
In the intercessions, the assembly asks God to respond to the needs of the whole world. Through these petitions, worshipers enact their baptismal calling to intercede for the well-being of all things.
In many churches, laypersons prepare the prayers of intercession. In this concise, charming,...
by Pachomius
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2012
the author is Saint Pachomius (Greek: Παχώμιος, Coptic: ca. 292-348), also known as Pachome and Pakhomius (/pəˈkoʊmiəs/), is generally recognized as the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. In the Coptic churches his feast day is celebrated on May 9. In the Eastern Orthodox and...