Books

When You Don’t Want to Read the Bible

You were ultimately made to respond to God’s heart. You were made to know the voice of the Good Shepherd, to lean on his care, to depend on his provisions, to trust in his protection. You were made to come running when your Father calls you home to sit at his table!

David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.

My Top 5 Books on Evangelism

The spiritual discipline of evangelism requires a faithful walk with the Lord, intentionality, understanding contexts, and connecting with people far from God.

5 Ways to Deal with Rebellious People

You may be leading a rebellious people, much like Moses did, but you can either obey God or surrender to the sinful nature by lashing out and fighting with others inside the church.

Raising Children in Wisdom

If we agree that we want our children to accomplish their purposes and enjoy this full, abundant life, then the path of wisdom is the way. But what do I mean by wisdom?

How and When to Memorize Scripture

No matter what method you use for memorization—notecards, apps, the first letter method, writing or listening to the Word, or reciting it in the shower—repetition will be a necessary ingredient.

Free to Fail

We don’t live by faith by reading a rule book, or following a map, or working through a career development program. We do not begin with things, or pieces of paper, or ideas, or feelings, or deeds, or successes.

Safeguarding Your Church

Boundaries. Your church should have a very clear policy about moral and financial transgressions. This should be adopted by the board of oversight and is enforced immediately when broken.

Setting Boundaries in Leadership

We need time for family, time to recharge, time to eat, time to work out . . . Do you have time to help that person who’s asking? Not if you’re going to do the things you need to do.

Leading With an Eye Toward the Goal

What is God's dream inside of you? Chasing a goal and accomplishing a dream is never more critical than finding balance in managing your time and pursuits.

A Multiplication Education

Redeemer had planted enough churches that it made sense to formalize the Redeemer Network in order to train, fund and support church planters and new church plants.