Baker Books imprint: 897 books
by Baker Publishing Group
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
This informative and easy-to-understand reference tool offers an "at your fingertips" guide to key Scripture references, Bible stories, and verses that relate to topics like
•anger
•controversy
•employment
•going "green"
•happiness
•leadership
•money
•relaxation
•sex
•worship
The...
by Mary J. Evans
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Identifying three streams of concern in the books of Samuel (politics, people, and preaching), Mary Evans demonstrates how each of these manifests itself in the underlying and unifying theme of power-and powerlessness. She then uses this concept of power as a fascinating matrix for interpreting the...
by J. Gordon Harris, Cheryl A. Brown, Michael S. Moore
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
The authors of this commentary take a canonical-historical approach to the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, three books that are diverse, yet share the common historical context of the tribal settlement of Canaan. They examine Joshua, Judges, and Ruth as narratives with dynamic theological messages...
Good to Great in God's Eyes
10 Practices Great Christians Have in Common
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2017
Now poised to reach a new readership, Good to Great in God's Eyes shows how Christians can honor God with lives of great faith and excellent work. Believers become great in God's eyes by applying the ten common characteristics of great Christians:
- think great thoughts
- read great books
-...
Leadership Reconsidered
Becoming a Person of Influence
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
While books and articles on leadership abound, most of them are written by "successful" men who look at the world through the lens of a Western business model. The standard for success is based on the bottom line--financial growth in both the personal and corporate realms. This perspective...
Making a Good Church Great
Becoming a Community God Calls Home
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2010
Bestselling author Steve Sjogren untangles the complex jumble commonly known as greatness in today's megachurch, mega-everything world. As a successful pastor, he launched the servant evangelism movement, but along the way he discovered that significance was not where or what he thought it would be....
Ancient-Future Evangelism (Ancient-Future)
Making Your Church a Faith-Forming Community
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2003
Following his well-received Ancient-Future Faith, Robert Webber presents a new model for evangelism and discipleship, the first in a series of four books applying his theoretical ideas to practical situations.
Part 1 of Ancient-Future Evangelism surveys evangelism and Christian formation throughout...
Talking with Your Kids about God
30 Conversations Every Christian Parent Must Have
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Christian parenting is hard work--and it's getting harder. Parents have a deep desire to pass on their faith, but fear that today's increasingly skeptical and hostile world will eventually lead their kids to reject the truth of Christianity. That leaves many parents feeling overwhelmed--uncertain...
by Scott M. Huse
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1997
One of the most successful books on the flaws in evolutionary theory. The third edition includes two new chapters on astronomy and archaeology.
The Real Heaven
What the Bible Actually Says
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Heaven has received a lot of attention in recent years as bestselling books and movies have told the stories of people who claim to have been there. But what does the Bible actually say about heaven? What difference does it make? What happens the moment after we die? What will our relationships be...
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about God (But Were Afraid to Ask)
The Jesus Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2010
We all have questions about Jesus, but very few of us get the answers we're looking for--if the answers even exist! New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas understands how hard it can be to get hard truths, which is why he wrote this hilarious, entertaining guide to the most influential individual...
Is God a Moral Monster?
Making Sense of the Old Testament God
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
A recent string of popular-level books written by the New Atheists have leveled the accusation that the God of the Old Testament is nothing but a bully, a murderer, and a cosmic child abuser. This viewpoint is even making inroads into the church. How are Christians to respond to such accusations?...
360-Degree Leadership
Preaching to Transform Congregations
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
Leadership books and seminars notwithstanding, many pastors remain unclear on how to effectively lead their congregations. Some even believe that preaching needs to take a backseat to leadership. Dismissing such comparisons as artificial, pastor and professor Michael Quicke notes how the Scriptures...
Speaking of Homosexuality
Discussing the Issues with Kindness and Clarity
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
Former Gay Activist Paves the Way to Peaceful Conversation
Homosexuality and gay marriage stand among perhaps the greatest defining cultural battles of our age. There's no escaping the inevitable conversations--so how does a Christian respond with love and biblical truth without adding fuel...