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.

Mary Jo Sharp: Why I Still Believe

A Former Atheist’s Reckoning With the Bad Reputation Christians Give a Good God

Doubt as Relational

Faith is personal, so it cannot depend solely on empirical data.

What Needs to Change, and How?

Most churches perceive the need to change, but they don't know how.

Steve Wilkens: What’s So Funny About God?

A Theological Look at Humor

The Holy and the Mundane

The Christian life is full of humorous and profound paradoxes.

Sugel Michelén: From & Before God

A Practical Introduction to Expository Preaching

God Commands Us to Preach His Word

Preaching insights from the story of Moses

Sy Garte: The Works of His Hands

A Scientist’s Journey From Atheism to Faith