Jake Meador

Authentic Masculinity

Men

“Much has been written about the rising generation of young men who have too often grown up without moral direction, without affirmation, and without a sense of hope for the future. What we need right now is frank talk about the challenges men face alongside wise and rooted counsel that offers a compelling picture of a healthy man's life. Seth Troutt's book Authentic Masculinity delivers both of those things. His book is specific, realistic, and hopeful. It lays out an attainable and deeply Christian vision of healthy manhood and offers guidance in one's pursuit of it. If you are looking for a book that offers a constructive and compelling account of masculinity, this is it.”

Keeping Kids Christian

Church Leadership & Ministry

Foreword

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Platforms to Pillars

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“That we live in a disorienting time is something of a truism at this point. Everyone can recognize that. But it is the nature of disorienting times that few are those who have a clear idea of how to find one's bearings again. Platforms to Pillars excels at precisely this point: Sayers manages to both deeply explore the problems facing us today and to offer a constructive way forward past our current era of self-gratification and egoism and into something healthier and life-giving. After you read this book you will both better understand why the world is the way it is and you'll have a clearer picture of how a Christian ought to respond to it.”

Resisting Therapy Culture

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“The life of wisdom is bound up with the question of limits. For too long, many Christian leaders have struggled to locate the limits of the therapeutic in the task of soul care and spiritual formation. Responding to this difficulty, some have collapsed Christian maturation into therapeutic concepts. Others have rejected the idea of mental illness and the licitness of counseling altogether. If you have struggled to find both the good and the limits of therapeutic concepts in the cure of souls, then read this book and be aided by the wise counsel of Matthew Loftus.”

The Culture of God's Word

Christian Living

“One consequence of living in a technique-obsessed age that is always chasing fads and ‘innovation’ is that it is easy to forget basics. Imagine a chef who has mastered an elaborate weird new cooking technique but has forgotten basic knife skills, how to season food properly, and cook on a stove. A great many American Protestant leaders of the past several decades have done something like this: Technological fads and church growth techniques occupy more of our attention than the Word of God. This has resulted in a diminished church which has not been properly formed in ‘the culture of the Word.’ If you are concerned about these things and seeking direction back toward those forgotten basics, this book will help to guide you back home.”

The Reason for Church

Church Leadership & Ministry

“The church is the mother of Christians. Without her, there is no ordinary way of being saved. Christians have affirmed this for millennia. But in our day these claims are often questioned or rejected, angrily denounced, or met with an indifferent shrug. At a time when the church is viewed with suspicion and associational life is in decline, such claims can sound strange or even offensive. Brad Edwards’s book explains why church can be hard and why common life is in decline and then offers a constructive path forward, starting with a return to Mother Church. Why is the church so important? Why have Christians across time spoken so strongly in her favor? Brad’s book addresses these questions. If you (or a loved one!) have struggled to understand why going to church matters, you should read this book.”

Visiting the Eastern Uplands

Arts & Literature

“Loving small things well trains our hearts to love larger things. Dorman's memoirs about her life in Maine are models of how to love small places. Her attentiveness to the life of a single small place on earth is an example for anyone who wishes to be mature, to be capable of loving others well, and to be of service to their own local places.”