Books

Avoid the ‘Fixing Trap’

Jesus didn’t come to fix us from afar. He came to walk with us.

How the Church Can Take the Lead in Suicide Prevention

"The church is for the broken. A church without the broken is a broken church."

How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

What Does It Mean to Love Your Neighbor?

One of the most disorienting things for many Christians in the West today is finding that theyre on the moral low ground in the eyes of their non-Christian friends and neighbors, leading to questions about the true love your neighbor meaning.

Repurposing Your Church Space for Community

The one thing a faltering church typically has is space: empty classrooms, parking lots, education buildings, or offices. Learn how your local church can leverage that church space for community needs.

Arriving Home: God’s Glory In Small Lives

How do we get so caught up in believing this journey is all about us? The pressures off, friend; all the glory belongs to Christ. Discover God's glory in small lives.

More Than You Were Meant to Carry: Understanding Emotional Baggage

The antidote to pride is still humility, but a kind of humility thats different from what were used to. We typically think of humility as thinking lowly of oneself, and we dont struggle to think lowly of ourselves when carrying emotional baggage.

Change Your Church’s Scorecard Effectiveness

The way the world measures church scorecard effectiveness must not become the way the church does. The scorecard that the church has used for decades has become broken.

The Bible and the Civil Rights Movement

Many scholars describe the civil rights movement as a political movement with religious dressinguseful for the movements purposes but not central to the message. But the work of historian David L. Chappell, based on testimonies by civil rights activists and leaders, contradicts this. Their accounts indicate that it was, for them, primarily a religious event, showing the profound influence of the Bible on the civil rights movement.

God Is Not Limited by Our Lack of Provision

When churches lack resources, it's easy to feel discouraged, but God's provision in lack can bring revitalization.

How Do You Prepare to Share Jesus?

Prepare your heart by preparing your mind, body and soul. Read the Word, remember the Word, recite the Word, and live out the Word to effectively prepare to share Jesus.