A guide to avert demise for declining churches
The interesting cases, Scriptures, interviews, models and analogies in “Tombstones to Cornerstones: Hope and Help for Churches in Stress and Decline” highlight actions needed after…
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Travel guide offers tools for visiting Bible lands
It has become much more popular in recent years for church leaders to take groups of people to the Bible lands. Of course, most who…
Nancy French’s ‘Ghosted’ offers a haunting, helpful read — but not for everyone
The biggest villain — and rightly so — in Nancy French’s memoir “Ghosted: An American Story” is a preacher who gives the seventh-grader a ride home from…
Award-winning fantasy guides teens through questions of purpose, relationship with ‘the Maker’
Evie is a Watcher from the room beyond reality: the Control Room. Her restlessness grows when, from the realm of humans she is observing, a…
Workbook ponders biblical approach to gender roles
In an era where disagreement with someone’s life choices or beliefs can be considered prejudicial or hateful, taking a stance on what it means to…
Book offers clarity on a biblical view of LGBTQ+ relationships
Our world is knee-deep in gender confusion, and our churches and families are not immune. Under tremendous cultural pressure, we find ourselves caught between traditional…
A mission-minded approach to interpreting Scripture
‘Gospel Portraits: Reading Scripture as Participants in the Mission of God” by K. Rex Butts, emerges as a transformative and insightful work, challenging conventional perspectives…
Botham Jean’s sister shares grief and struggles of faith
Allisa Charles-Findley’s book “After Botham: Healing From My Brother’s Murder by a Police Officer” skillfully employs her emotionally charged words to create a poignant narrative…
How to be excellent: Guidance for young ministers
‘The God we serve is a God of excellence” and so “the minister of God … should always be for excellence,” argues O.J. Shabazz in…
‘The Blind’ opens viewers’ eyes
The Robertsons, armed with their usual rifles and beards, have returned to tell the story of their patriarch, Phil, long before his fame, duck calls…
