Jenny Yang
Christian Living
“As I approach my forties, I find myself thinking about what's next and assessing what I've done and have left to do. At a time when all of us at any age can find ourselves pondering our gifts, talents and callings, this book calls us to be hopeful through all seasons and believe that our best is yet to come, no matter our age. Just as Moses didn't start his most notable ministry until later in life, this book invites us to not waste our time thinking what could have been and focus instead on what could be.”
Theology
“This book presents many challenging and helpful questions about how we think about and relate to immigrants and immigration. Written from her own perspective as an immigrant, González explores a broader, constructive framework to engage in a way that recognizes the often unjust and unequal power dynamics inherent in an immigration system and country that has often treated immigrants as ‘less than.’ González’s unique and compelling perspective is much needed as we think about what it means to move beyond welcome to learn from and become like family with our neighbors. I hope this book will challenge you as much as it challenged me!”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“The church is flourishing in many parts of the world today, but it's easy for those of us in the West to feel a sense of hopelessness as we see the churches we attend, love, and perhaps lead mired in scandals, materialism, consumerism, and nationalism. Our brothers and sisters around the world, however, are tackling the challenges of poverty, forced migration, trafficking, and natural disasters, pointing a broken world to a better way, and we in the Western church have so much to learn and receive about the good news being proclaimed in both word and deed from the broader church. This book helps us do just that, sharing the incredible work that God is doing around the world, pointing us to a better way to listen and learn from our brothers and sisters who are living out the ways and truths of Jesus to transform their communities and ultimately point people to Christ. The Bible is the story of God centering those on the margins, and this book teaches us as the church to do the same.”
Christian Living
“It can be so easy for the world to look at Christians and believe our faith is self-serving and insular, but this book is a timely reminder that the good news of Jesus Christ that transforms his followers is also supposed to transform the world. Encouraging us to believe that the best of our faith is lived out when we pour out to others the very love we ourselves receive from a gracious God, Irresistible Faith provides us with the tools we so desperately need to lay down our selfish inclinations and be sold out to God and his mission. I’m so grateful that Scott Sauls continues to challenge and equip us to live larger than ourselves in this book and in his ministry.”
Work, Money & Leadership
“It has often been said that leadership is an action, not a position. In a society that often values others based on achievements and successes, we learn from Scripture that world-changing, upside-down, kingdom-minded leadership centers on cultivating who we are rather than what we can do. Rich's own unique experiences and stories demonstrate that having integrity and achieving success are not mutually exclusive but rather mutually reinforcing. Having vulnerability and humility in leadership indeed allows us to better reflect Christ, who calls us to pour out our lives in service to others. As we are facing racial injustice, gender inequality, and extreme global poverty, among other issues, this book challenges us to believe that surrendering our ideas of success to God can lead to not only inner transformation but world-changing impact. The church needs to rise up to meet these challenges by pointing to a better way rooted in truthfulness and love, and this book is the right tool at the right time to help us on that journey.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Jon and Jer are called not only to be peacemakers individually but to holistically change the church's understanding and practice of this task. They have put their rich wisdom and experience into this practical, relevant, and timely book that weaves theological insights, personal stories, and practical applications into a comprehensive manual for everyday peacemaking. They remind us that everyday peacemaking is not a side activity of our Christian lives, but core to our walk as disciples of Christ. Through this book, they teach us to lean into conflict with humility and grace, and to move toward the difficult task of building relationships with those on the margins of society who are often our best teachers. At a time when conflict is so easy to instigate and arguments are so easily had, they point to the better way of peace that reflects the power of a broken and resurrected Christ. What would it look like for the church to take seriously its call to bring about peace in a broken and hurting world? This book provides the way!”
Christian Living
“Making space for unexpected friendships requires intentionality and a willingness to get uncomfortable. Heather Avis finds the extraordinary in the most ordinary moments of everyday life, encouraging us to lean into challenging situations with an expectation that we’ll be transformed in the process. It’s when we come alongside and learn from those the world ignores that our hearts expand to love more deeply and justly. This book will warm the spirit and give a swift but gentle kick in the pants so we can all create places not just to live but to belong.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Seeking Refuge is a timely resource that draws us in with real stories of people who often find themselves unexpectedly strangers in a new land, and the book provides tools for anyone to take action to make a real impact on the lives of our new neighbors and in the global conversation around refugees.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“of what true repentance is all about but also offers us a way forward in how to use our privilege to usher in justice for our neighbors. He dives deep into the Scriptures, offering us much-needed and often-overlooked context to understand the challenges and choices some of our most revered biblical characters faced, reminding us that the challenges we face today are nothing new. But in the process, he offers us a new way of thinking about privilege and how to wield it to bring heaven to earth. At a time when the church has often taken a back seat in the face of so much injustice, I can’t think of a better or more timely book to help each of us navigate and ultimately use who we are to subvert the status quo and bring about God’s kingdom here on earth.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“With great sensitivity, wisdom, and boldness, Ken takes on the tough, often-taboo topics of privilege and race. He makes a cogent, powerful, and compelling argument for why addressing race and understanding privilege allows us to more fully live out the gospel. He boils down complicated concepts to relatable points through his interweaving of scholars' writings, activists' thinking, historical realities, and personal stories. His humility and posture of learning from others, particularly people of color, make this book an authentic, effective tool for followers of Christ taking seriously the call to pursue justice. This book is needed and timely, and it will help reshape the conversation around race in America.”
The Myth of the American Dream
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“This book is most welcome as both a challenge and an inspiration to live out our lives as Christians first and Americans second. The conflation of the US church's spiritual identity with our political identity and the persistent pursuit of affluence, autonomy, safety, and power have become toxic to our followership with Jesus Christ and incapacitated our ability to live out and express to a watching and waiting world what the gospel is all about. This book doesn't just startle us out of our misaligned pursuit of the American dream but also points us to a better way of how we can love God and love our neighbors in tangible ways that demonstrate to a broken world that Jesus indeed calls us to an upside-down kingdom. I'm grateful for D. L.'s ongoing commitment to her neighbors and for her experiences that she weaves into this timely and important book that ultimately points us to a better way of hope, community, and healing.”
Christian Living
“Understanding the Enneagram is not just an exercise in secular self-discovery but a journey toward living out rhythms of rest and reflection that will lead to deep spiritual growth. By grounding the Enneagram in the core truth of Scripture’s teachings about ourselves and God, this book helps us live into the full promise of who God created us to be, with impact on the communities and places God has called us to serve. I applaud Chris for doing the hard work of grounding an age-old practice into such practical and wise applications for those of us who seek to honor God in all of who we are and all of what we do.”
Christian Living
“Understanding the Enneagram is not just an exercise in secular self-discovery but a journey toward living out rhythms of rest and reflection that will lead to deep spiritual growth. By grounding the Enneagram in the core truth of Scripture’s teachings about ourselves and God, this book helps us live into the full promise of who God created us to be, with impact on the communities and places God has called us to serve. I applaud Chris for doing the hard work of grounding an age-old practice into such practical and wise applications for those of us who seek to honor God in all of who we are and all of what we do.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“One of the great challenges in the US church today is for Christians to effectively engage in politics without being overtly partisan and to resist the temptation to completely disengage politically because it can be so toxic and wearing. This book provides an essential framework for how Christians can engage in the public square to be salt and light, to demonstrate the love and good news of Christ for all people by engaging the systems and structures in which we live. Choosing to be apolitical is not an option—it’s how we engage in politics well that will allow us to fully advance the cause of Christ to a watching and waiting world.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
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