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It's exciting when someone has a living encounter with the God of the universe. A lightbulb goes on, and everything feels new. But with that sense of exhilaration comes the realization: in order to take one's faith seriously, things must change. An encounter with Jesus is a very significant experience, and Fr. Dave and Deacon Ralph show readers how to move from discovering their faith to following Jesus wherever he leads them along the path of discipleship.
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engaging
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There's got to be more to church than this. People around the world are seeking a community that focuses more on others than on themselves. Yet most don't know where to start. Drawing from his own journey, Brandon Hatmaker reminds us that serving the least is not a trendy act of benevolence but a lifestyle of authentic community and spiritual transformation. In Barefoot Church, Brandon offers practical ideas for creating service-based, missional communities and explains how the organizational structure of a church can be created or restructured for mission in any context.
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Awesome
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Prayer Evangelism
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A witch's coven in Argentina became a lighthouse of prayer in less than 60 minutes. A prodigal son returned to the Lord in California. An adopted son and the father who had cast him out years before were reunited in Christ. These are real stories of real lives and cities being transformed through the power of prayer evangelism.
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An inspiring outlook on prayer and missions.
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Forgotten God
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A follow up to the profound message of Crazy Love, Pastor Francis Chan offers a compelling invitation to understand, embrace, and follow the Holy Spirit's direction in our lives. "In the name of the Father, the Son, and ... the Holy Spirit." We pray in the name of all three, but how often do we live with an awareness of only the first two?
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The Spirit: the Power of Christ in Us
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Featuring insights from the perspective of both a pastor and his wife—The Pastor's Family identifies the complicated burdens and expectations ministry brings to the life of a family. Brian and Cara Croft identify the unique challenges that pastors face as husbands and fathers. They also discuss the difficulties and joys of being a pastor's wife and offer practical advice on raising children in a ministry family.
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The Unsaved Christian
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What to do when they say they’re Christian but don’t know Jesus. Whether it’s the Christmas and Easter Christians or the faithful church attenders whose hearts are cold toward the Lord, we’ve all encountered cultural Christians. They’d check the Christian box on a survey, they’re fine with church, but the truth is, they’re far from God. So how do we bring Jesus to this overlooked mission field? The Unsaved Christian equips you to confront cultural Christianity with honesty, compassion, and grace, whether you’re doing it from the pulpit or the pews.
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Me. Me. Me! That was me! I thought I was a Christian...
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Prayer is as necessary to the Christian as breathing is to the human body - but it often doesn't come quite as naturally. In fact, prayer in the church often gets subtly pushed to the side in favor of pragmatic practices that promise tangible results. This book focuses on the necessity of regular prayer as a central practice in the local church - awakening us to the need and blessing of corporate prayer by examining what Jesus taught about prayer, how the first Christians approached prayer, and how to prioritize prayer in our congregations.
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The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life
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Every day is full of struggles. We struggle with time; with truth; with authority; with finding peace, purity, and contentment; with our words, thoughts, and actions - and that's just the beginning! Does God speak to us about these daily tests? Is there hope in the struggle? The answer, of course, is yes - but where God speaks about them may surprise you.
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Worth a 2nd (3rd, etc) listen.
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Follow Me
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In this new audiobook, David Platt, author of the New York Times best-selling book Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream, contends that multitudes of people around the world culturally think they are Christians yet biblically are not followers of Christ.
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Needed this!
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Drawing on the wisdom gleaned from thriving mega-churches and innovative business leaders while anchoring their vision in the Eucharistic center of Catholic faith, Fr. Michael White and lay associate Tom Corcoran present the compelling and inspiring story to how they brought their parish back to life. Rebuilt is a story of stopping everything and changing focus. When their parish reached a breaking point, Fr. Michael White and lay associate Tom Corcoran asked themselves how they could make the Church matter to Catholics.
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Don't Do What's Suggested Unless You Will OWN IT.
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If it's good, it must be God. Right? These days the terms good and God seem synonymous. We believe that what's generally accepted as good must be in line with God's will. Generosity, humility, justice - good. Selfishness, arrogance, cruelty - evil. The distinction seems pretty straightforward. But is that all there is to it? This audiobook will do more than ask you to change your behavior. It will empower you to engage with God on a level that will change every aspect of your life.
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Such an important message
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- Kurt Schulte
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Challenging!
Pastor Jeramie reveals very sound biblical support for the case of eldership within today’s church. He also describes the benefits the senior pastor gains from having elders as well as explaining the office and duties of becoming an church elder. Excellent resource!! Chaplain Kurt -
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- Jason
- 06-15-23
Great book on Elders
Reading this book will give you a great understanding of an elders responsibility within a church. I highly recommend listening once and maybe two times!
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- Sage
- 05-18-23
Clear and potent
Great read or listen. To the point, no fluff and easy to understand. Encouraging to know that there are great yet short books like this for elders.
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- Bryan Anderson
- 03-29-24
Solid teaching on eldership
The teaching was biblical and to the point. So much said and explained. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking in on eldership, in eldership or leading a church.
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- Kelby
- 11-28-18
Well worth listening to over and over again!
This book is a blessing to every one considering being an elder or who is currently serving as an elder in their church. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. In fact I’m thinking about purchasing several copies of this book to give as gifts to my fellow elders and deacons in our church. Well worth listening to over and over again!
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- Derek Browning
- 02-23-23
Good word for the church
Good solid and succinct overview for aspiring, new, and experienced pastors alike! I took several things away from this book that both challenged and encouraged me.
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- Kyle Worley
- 04-14-21
GREAT Insight!
Rinne does an amazing job of walking through the ins and outs of eldership. His clarity and challenges are great! This book might be small, but it is powerful!
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-23-17
Excellent audio book
I am a pastor and a leader in our religious organization which represents churches in various states. I want to say that this book has encouraged me and my job duties and roles as an elder. Thank God for the author who gave great clarity to roles and responsibilities
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- Karen
- 10-26-22
Amazing and succinct!
I’ve been an elder at our church for over a decade and read many accounts on being one. This is what I would call an unabridged rendition of the attributes of an elder. I believe it will help me fully become what God intended for us to be as overseers in the body of Christ!
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- 07-21-20
Great Guide for Biblical Eldership
Great Guide for Biblical Eldership. Gives practical guideline for pastoring/shepherding Gods people. Highly recommend it.
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