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.

Brokenness Is Not Weakness

It is hard to be overwhelmed by grace when you’ve convinced yourself you don’t need it.

Capturing God’s Vision for Your Church

Inside every local church is a vision that God has for it. The question that must be asked is, will we follow it?

Walking in Humility

How much do you talk about yourself, especially in glowing terms, versus the time you invest honoring others, telling their stories, and giving the ultimate credit to God?

Come and Worship

Knowing that meeting their neighbors would help the church grow, Gunn felt the key would be to reach out to their children.

Brutiful

The courage required to make a you-turn, to truly repent, may be why so few pastors speak on it and why so few books are written on it.

5 Truths to Help Lead Pastors Serve Strong

What fuels passion and morale for ministry isn’t your educational background, your grace-gift of teaching, your experience as a communicator or your riveting personality.

Discover Your Identity in the Gospel

Although our physical and psycho- logical brokenness are readily acknowledged in counseling practice today, our spiritual brokenness is often overlooked, or at least is not taken seriously enough.

Dream Big

The world and too often Christians are cynical of success and big dreams. I don’t know why this is because big dreams, big visions, and grand ambitions are sprinkled throughout the Bible.