Daniel Darling
Biography
Daniel Darling wrote The Characters of Christmas, The Characters of Easter, and Agents of Grace.
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Prayer & Spiritual Formation
“A faithful life is the sum of a million daily decisions over the course of a life. This is why 8 Habits for Growth is so important. Darryl Dash clearly, biblically, and simply shares the secrets to life with Jesus, the rituals and practices that form our hearts and are used by the Spirit to sanctify us into spiritual maturity. Pastoral, wise, and practical, this will be a book every pastor will need to have at the ready to give to their people and a book every family should have in order to form habits for spiritual growth.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Few churches are equipped to welcome our brothers and sisters with disabilities, not because we don’t want to but because we don’t know how. Sandra Peoples wants to help churches be well prepared for the task. Her pioneering work is a gift to the church. If you are a pastor who desires to serve saints with disabilities, you and your staff need this book.”
Children & Youth
“Few things are more important than catechizing the next generation with the precious, sacred gospel truths. This beautifully illustrated series combines creativity and orthodoxy in a way that children can understand and remember. If you are a parent interested in effective, solid resources for your family, you’ll want to get the entire series. If you are in children’s ministry, you will want to put these books in your library.”
Men
“What is real manhood? Today a lot of voices seek to answer that question, with mixed and confusing messages. Enter Authentic Masculinity, written by a pastor who is in the trenches of ministry and friendship to men. Filled with biblical wisdom, bold truth, and genuine love—Seth Troutt helps draw men away from a life of frustration toward a life of fulfillment. This book neither tears down nor coddles but calls men up to be who God created them to be. Get this book for yourself and for the men in your life.”
Christian Living
“What do you do when you come to the end of yourself, when your life isn’t turning out how you had planned it? We’ve all been there and yet this is often where Jesus finds us and makes us whole again. My friend Jacob Armstrong is a wise and patient guide, walking us through his own seasons of despair and pain, pointing us to the One who bore our sorrows. If you need rest for your weary soul, if your heart is heavy with hopelessness, this book will be like a cup of fresh water. Read it and see if God will meet you in its pages.”
Preaching & Worship
“At a time when the evangelical movement is splintered and tribal, this book calls us back the slow, patient rhythms that have marked the historic Christian church. We've been taught that rituals without relationships can be dead, and that's true, but relationships without rituals can be shallow. Regardless of your ecclesial tradition, this book will help you draw closer to Jesus Christ, by helping you recover the timeless liturgies of the Christian faith, helping shape your faith and community in a time of spiritual angst. Damiani points us toward a more beautiful orthodoxy. Read this book and watch God work in your own heart and in the heart of your local body of believers.”
Christian Living
“Too often Christians feel like they have to choose between the Great Commission and the Great Commandment, between compassion and conviction. Scripture, however, doesn’t allow us to do that. Amy DiMarcangelo walks readers through the pages of Scripture, joyfully inviting them to engage in Christ’s mission to redeem and restore. If you love Jesus and want to follow him into a lost and dying world, you’ll want to pick up this book.”
Christian Living
“Modern Christians often feel the pressure to 'change the world' with headline-grabbing acts, but sometimes the most radical thing you can do is to simply be present in the areas where God has called you. Just Show Up is a refreshing reminder that real courage shows up in the nitty-gritty of our daily lives and that the boring rhythms of obedience are the substance of a meaningful life. Drew Dyck offers a manifesto for the mundane, a road map for faithfulness, reminding us that the kingdom of God is made up of mostly ordinary people saying yes to God in ways that will never make the evening news.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Engaging LGBT friends and family with both truth and grace is one of the most important issues of our age. Casey Hough outlines a thorough and biblical case for the historic Christian sexual ethic while also giving wise and pastoral guidelines for living this out faithfully in our age. This is a resource every Christian should have, and every church should have in bulk.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“We live in an era of notorious examples of bad leadership at every important institution of society, including the church. Many practitioners advocate a detached model of leadership that eschews the Bible's rich and consistent metaphor of shepherding. This is why Leveling the Church is such an important resource. Micah and Jeremy help pastors return to the biblical, Ephesians 4 model of "equipping the saints for the work of ministry." If you want to mobilize your people for ministry, if you want to shepherd well, if you want to see a new generation of God's people empowered to live on mission, this book is for you. Buy this book and share it with your staff, your key lay volunteers and anyone in a position of influence.”
Christian Living
“There are precious few resources to help guide parents in the launch phase of their parenting years. As a father of a child in college and three more soon to follow, I am thankful for the wisdom of this book. Being a mom or dad to an adult child is complicated and fraught with potential landmines. With experience, biblical wisdom, and grace, Gaye Clark helps families move into this new season of life. You will want this book in your library.”
Lucy and the Saturday Surprise
Children & Youth
“With beautiful writing and robust theology, Melissa Kruger offers parents a resource that will help them explain to their children the struggles of temptation and desire. This book helps children see, in language they can understand, how resisting sin is possible only through the work of Christ and the power of the Spirit. You’ll want this book in your home, in your children’s ministry, and in your school.”
Christian Living
“As a convictional Baptist, I find myself both disagreeing at points but heartily commending the work of Peter Leithart, whose writing is beautiful, theologically rich, and soul-stirring. As Christians continue to debate the role of the church in the world, this book is a helpful guide, pointing all Christians, everywhere toward Scripture and the Great Tradition. In a polarized age, Leithart encourages God’s people to consider their calling in the world, both in the timeless rhythms of weekly gathered worship and in the myriad ways the church should engage community and country. This is a work that thoughtful believers will be interacting with for years to come.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Michael, Brian, and Robby help believers understand how to leverage their everyday financial, relational, and time resources to help the most vulnerable among us. Not many of us have thought through the most effective, biblical, and lasting ways to come alongside the poor like they have, and they invite us to experience experience new joy in the kingdom economy of our heavenly Father.”
Christian Living
“How should Christian parents, pastors, and leaders approach issues of sexuality with the next generation? In a desire to correct unhelpful models of purity, many are hesitant or even hostile to teaching the Bible's countercultural ethic of sexuality. Dean Inserra offers a courageous but pastoral correction to this worrisome trend, offering Christians a road map to helping young people see the richness of God's plan for a flourishing marriage and sexuality. In a world where our kids are bombarded by mixed messages, parents must be intentional. This is a resource that every pastor, youth pastor, college pastor, and parent should have in bulk.”
Christian Living
“Understanding who we are and whose we are is fundamental to following Jesus on mission in this world. Too many of us walk around trying to be someone we are not, to prove our worth to people whose admiration can't fill our hearts in ways only Jesus can. And there are too many cheap substitutes for affirmation and identity that only disappoint. This is why Cary Schmidt's work is a welcome, refreshing respite for weary Christians tired of proving themselves, striving for illusory approval. Schmidt points us to the warm embrace of our heavenly Father and the empowering and liberating vision of what it means to find our identity in the One who made us.”
Talking Back to Purity Culture
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“I typically bristle at the mention of purity culture because I often think it's an excuse for the church to reject a good and flourishing sexual ethic and the importance of training our children. And yet I find myself reading Rachel Welcher's work with interest because she is saying some very important things for Christians to heed. Rachel calls us to reject both a works-based futility and a hedonistic lifestyle; both lead to spiritual poverty. Instead, Rachel urges us to adopt a gospel-centered sexual ethic that is countercultural in both its approach and in its pathways to grace. So read this book and learn from one of the most gifted writers of our time, and be drawn, once again, to the beautiful and sacred old paths God has laid out for us.”
Apologetics
“It’s no secret that Christianity has receded significantly in the West. So what does faithful witness look like in this age? Collin Hansen, Skyler Flowers, and Ivan Mesa convene the brightest Christian minds to offer theologically rich, biblically faithful, and pastorally wise direction to help God’s people discern the times. Neither cynical nor naive, this resource will both encourage and challenge any believer who earnestly desires revival and gospel advance. Every pastor should have this book on his shelf.”
History & Biography
“If you listened to a sermon on the radio or a podcast, if you've graduated from seminary, if you've been blessed by your pastor, if you've benefited from the leadership from some of our finest companies and nonprofits, then you have likely been impacted by the life of Howard Hendricks. A man of incalculable influence over the last half-century, Hendricks' disciples are leading our key institutions. Now, for the first time ever, you can read about his life and his influence in this magnificent biography by Maina Mwaura. This spellbinding book weaves together the story arcs of Hendricks' life in a compelling, powerful way that will not only leave you with more information about one of the twentieth century's most influential leaders but will inspire you to walk more faithfully with God.”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“At a time when trust in institutions is low and when professing Christians across the political spectrum are “loving Jesus but not the church,” this book is a refreshing apologetic for the body of Christ. The Reason for Church combines biblical exegesis, sociological insights, and a tone that connects to the doubts of today’s generation. If you are skeptical of the church, you should read this book before you empty the pew, and if you love the church, you should read this book to strengthen your arguments. And church leaders should immediately put it on top of their reading lists.”
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