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How to Make Big Decisions Wisely

Christian Living

“I know Alan Ehler and can speak with tremendous confidence that this book is not theory—this book is a way to live. In How to Make Big Decisions Wisely, Ehler lays out key principles for decision-making that integrate the findings of neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and decision science with a biblical study of how the apostle Paul made decisions and directed those in the churches he founded to make decisions. This method works, and it will have a deep impact on your work and ministry.”

Kingdom Apprenticeship

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“This book is a tour de force. Not only will it put its author on the map as being one of the leading interpreters of the tradition of Dallas Willard, but it will also have the splendid consequences of applying Willard's thought to the realm of missiology. Though academic, this volume has so many practical implications for the church that it is difficult to fully appreciate it. Keas Keasler has shown us what Willard's thought looks like on the ground of the mission of God in the world today. Simply delightful.”

Love All Our Neighbors

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“Tony Scarcello's Love All Our Neighbors is the book I've been waiting to be able to shout out from the rooftops about. Tony's story—compounded by rich theological conviction and brutal compassion—offers the church a way forward that cuts through the muck. Tony's is a voice in the wilderness that deserves to be heard. You would be wise to listen.”

Love Big, Be Well

Fiction

“Shatters all of our idolatrous addictions to big and growing and oversized franchised Christianities. Faithfulness absolutely must become the church’s new big. What Collier pens here is nothing short of miraculous. These letters demand to be read.”

Loving Samaritans

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“not an ethereal and sanitized set of ideas disconnected from reality. What is inside is an invitation to actually deal with the world God has invited us to love. Good doctors don’t ignore the pain. They go to it. In this book you are in the hands of a very good doctor. This book is a gift.”

Mid-Faith Crisis

Christian Living

“Little did I know that it was possible to cry and laugh so hard at the same exact time. As a man doing a swan dive into midlife, I can't express how needed this book is. Being formed into Christ's love and mercy can often be most difficult in these years, and Catherine McNiel and Jason Hague have given us a trusted path forward. Get out the Kleenex for this one, folks. And let the inner healing begin.”

Posting Peace

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“We've become a culture divided by a common technology. How in the world do we learn to find common ground again? Dr. Bursch's book Posting Peace is an absolute godsend and a must-read for any person seeking to exhibit the peacemaking ways of Jesus. I've always wondered, What if we took the Sermon on the Mount seriously in our digital environments? Finally, someone has shown us how. Bursch's lucid analysis, laser-pointed research, and witty and whimsical writing not only teach us of digital peacemaking, they model it. Buy, read, and do this book. Rinse and repeat. Every year.”

Reclaiming Rest

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“The church so desperately needs the Sabbath. But so does the world. And creation. Rademacher has picked up something of the ways of Jesus here that the global church so desperately needs to hear.”

Reconstructing Prayer

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

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Regenerate

Christian Living

“I can’t express how deeply I believe in Tony’s work, and this book. The topic of following Jesus in the age of deconstruction is not only overlooked, it is rarely thought about as clearly as it is here. We are lucky to have Tony thinking through this for us. It’s a gift.”

Reviving Mission

Evangelism & Missions

“Is God doing a new thing? Linson Daniel, Jon Hietbrink, and Eric Rafferty dare to say that he is! And they are correct. In Reviving Mission, they invite the reader into a renewed wonder and enchantment of a God who is moving toward creation and inviting it into the intimate love of God. This book made me want to be a missionary again. Not somewhere else, but right here.”

Rooted Leadership

Work, Money & Leadership

“John Johnson is one of the clearest, humblest, and most loving voices for shepherds, leaders, and pastors. In a world where so many have been run over by the big bus of the American church, Johnson offers us a more lamb-like way of leadership—through care, insight, humility, brokenness, and meekness. It is always a joy to endorse John as a human—to say nothing of his writing. Read this. Slowly. And hear the voice of our Great Shepherd, Jesus.”

Sexuality Beyond Sex

Christian Living

“Writing about sexuality is dangerous business—especially for Christians who dare to offer the ancient Christian vision in a prophetic posture of kindness and mercy. But, of course, risking the choppy waters is the only way we can move forward in our complex, painful, virulent world. In an age where some are tempted to hide their theological head in the sand, a book like this challenges us to believe what the ancient apostle John said: that the one who is in us is actually greater than he who is in the world (1 John 4:4). This is a brave, punchy little book. And it deserves to be read.”

Simple Prayer

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Behind every story of redemption in God's kingdom is some kind of story of prayer. Dawes is not just offering a kind of theology of prayer that is simple and easy. Rather, he is subversively giving us a way to experience redemption. Eat this book. Slowly. Like dark chocolate. It very well may open up an entirely new story for redemption in your life.”

Stewards of the Earth

History & Biography

“This poignant edited volume, complete with a powerful introduction by evangelical luminary Loren Wilkinson, is hands-down one of the best one-stop-shop volumes on evangelical thinking about creation care over the last few decades. The fruit of this volume will grow for a time to come. As an evangelical myself who has struggled to walk faithfully with Christ in our polarized world, books such as this give me abounding hope. The way of Jesus is so needed in our moment of crisis. This book dares to ask: are we ready to follow?”

Strange Religion

World Religions

“Gupta matches his impeccable New Testament research with a sensitive eye toward the work of the Spirit for the twenty-first century church. This book is insightful, funny, captivating, and forceful all at once. More than anything, Strange Religion reminds the church of its mission: keep things weird.”

The Art of Asking Better Questions

Christian Living

“The invitation that this book offers us is breathtaking. Ask good questions. In a world of trite, algorithm-formed answers, the call of God's people is to learn to craft the best questions all over again. These questions are not new—they are simply new to us. Which matters. Because when we look at Jesus, he didn't answer the bad questions. Because it's impossible to give a good answer to a bad question. We must return to the good questions. And J.R. Briggs has shown us how to do so.”

The Pace of Peace

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“Put everything down and read this book by Jay Y. Kim—if you can. Our attention is being so divided and so fragmented that we don't even know how to read a book like this. But when we do, we are reminded that what God has to say often comes into our hearts and minds only by putting other things aside to receive it. If we can learn to see once again, then all of life will walk us past the burning bushes God has put all around us. Read this book and be transformed.”

The Problem and Promise of Freedom

Theology

“The concept of ‘freedom’—particularly for those in the Western world—is fraught with misunderstanding, misapplication, and misappropriation. Especially for the Christian. Too often, we see our freedom in Christ as a kind of libertine Americanism where we can do whatever we want under the banner of empire. Thankfully, Steven Félix-Jäger has offered us a substantive alternative. To be free, it seems, is to be submitted to Christ. And this book paves a way forward to understand how that is more about freedom than anything a nation could ever construct on its own.”

The Spirit and the Salvation of the Urban Poor

Theology

“Dr. Kertson, in this fine and wide-spanning exploration, has provided a compelling and biblically sound approach to the church’s responsibility and call to the urban poor. Most particularly, this text bridges the often untaken gap between theory/theology and practice seriously, providing a way forward for theologians, church leaders, and Christians to envision compassion and justice in a deeper and more Christ-centered way.”