Books

Back to School: Why Theological Education Matters to the Church

Evangelism is the church’s speech to the outside world, but worship is where it learns its grammar.

Learn to Linger in Grief

Imagine a church where grief isn’t ignored, but it also isn’t hopeless. Where lament isn’t a sign of weak faith, but an act of worship.

Brandon O’Brien’s Top Books on Small Church Ministry

Rather than being a subcategory of American ministry, the small church is the norm. If you take a longer and broader view, most churches throughout history and in most parts of the world are and always have been small.

Lacy Finn Borgo: Spiritual Conversations With Children

Listening to God Together (IVP)

The Gift of Eyes and Ears

Excerpted FromSpiritual Conversations With ChildrenBy Lacy Finn Borgo When we accompany a child in their life with God, asking questions acknowledges the autonomy of the...

Do Parents Really Care About Youth Ministry?

Why Parents Don’t Really Care About Youth Groups and What Youth Workers Should Do About It (Baker)

In Pursuit of the Good Life

Church commitments are losing ground to the competing priorities of the pursuit of the good life.

Self-Help and the Mind of Christ

We are bombarded with promises of happiness, wealth, fulfillment and all our dreams met. Yet we are miserably unhappy. Why?

Hak Joon Lee & Tim Dearborn: Discerning Ethics

Diverse Christian Responses to Divisive Moral Issues (IVP)

Diverse Christian Responses to Divisive Moral Issues

Why do we differ so strongly in the ethical positions we adopt?