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The Leadership Style Of Jesus
by Michael Youssef

Whether the venue is your church, a civic organization, a company, or your family, this book shows you that adopting Jesus’ leadership example will transform your effectiveness.  Leadership is influence , and no leader has had greater influence on the world than Jesus Christ.  The lessons of His leadership style are practical, learnable skills that you too can apply.

Michael Youssef examines the leadership Jesus modeled and (more…)

Gospel Justice
by Bruce D. Strom

Can a justice system that does not provide for the needs of the poor, those who cannot afford its care, be considered truly just?  Criminals are represented by the state, but victims must provide their own lawyers.  Single mothers and poor families fall victim because they cannot afford legal representation. And so legal injustice abounds, but what can be done about it?

Bruce Strom left a successful legal career to start (more…)

The White Umbrella
by Mary Frances Bowley

Every year over 100,000 girls in the United States are forced to do someone’s sexual bidding.  Most of them are between the ages of 9 and 19.

This is not some faraway, foreign problem.  This is in our own neighborhoods, our own towns and cities.

Throughout these pages read the stories of these girls (more…)

God Distorted
by John Bishop

God is not a bigger version of your earthly father.

When you hear the word “father,” do you think of someone who is loving… or angry?  Someone who is pleased with you… or constantly disappointed?  Someone who is always available… or someone who is too busy, preoccupied, or distant?  When you think of “Father God,” what images come to mind?  Regardless of the type of father you grew up with – or without (more…)

When Wives Walk In Grace
by Steve McVey

Drawing on Scripture and on 40 years of counseling experience, Steve McVey shows you how to rest in your heavenly Father’s transforming grace amid difficult circumstances.  You’ll discover how to communicate that grace to your husband and children in every situation from spiritual lethargy to physical abuse.  As you do, you’ll see the One who loves you most give you and your husband His very best.  (more…)

Glorious Ruin
by Tullian Tchividjian
(Billy Graham’s grandson, author of Do I Know God? and One Way Love)

In this world, one thing is certain: Everybody hurts.  Suffering may take the form of tragedy, heartbreak, or addiction.  Or it could be something more mundane (but no less real) like resentment, loneliness, or disappointment. But there’s unfortunately no such thing as a painless life.

In “Glorious Ruin,” best-selling author Tullian Tchividjian takes (more…)

Why Not Today
by Matthew Cork & Kenneth Kemp

Three hundred million – that’s the number of people subjected to slavery, sex-trafficking, discrimination, and unspeakable poverty in India.  That’s the same number of people as live in the entire United States.  They are the Dalit people, the untouchables.

When Matthew Cork, a California pastor, first encountered the Dalits he was shaken to his core.  He learned that Gandhi’s success at (more…)

Fully Alive
by Dr. Larry Crabb

What makes a man masculine?  A woman feminine?  Did God design the two genders so differently?  If so, why?  The answers to these questions will free women and men to gladly embrace all that it means to be fully alive as gendered bearers of God’s image who can profoundly impact others for good by the way they relate.

Author and psychologist Dr Larry Crabb presents a biblically grounded understanding of gender uniqueness.  His illustration of a (more…)

Taking God Seriously
by J. I. Packer

Catechesis consists of intentional, orderly instruction in the truths by which Christians are called to live – a sort of discipleship in ‘mere Christianity’.

The fact that catechesis has fallen out of the life and practice of many churches today is a major loss, leaving Christians undernourished and spiritually sluggish.  Professor J. I. Packer responds that ‘it is catechesis – vital ongoing teaching and discipling – that hits the bull’s eye’: (more…)

Recovering the Real Lost Gospel:
Reclaiming the Gospel as Good News
by Darrell L. Bock

While some seek so-called lost gospels, Darrell L. Bock suggests the real lost gospel is the one already found in the Bible and reminds everyone of what it means: good news.

“Darrell Bock is one of the church’s finest New Testament scholars.  He has the unique ability to write on both the (more…)