Outline: Counseling Men Effectively from God's All-Sufficient Word. Men Counseling Men is a strongly practical resource filled with the help and hope found in Scripture alone. The Bible's counsel is superior to that given by the world, addressing not just external symptoms but also the heart issues only God, our Creator, can remedy. The trusted contributors to this volume provide tested guidanc…
Outline : Building on his classic A Theology of Liberation, the world's preeminent liberation theologian addresses some of the challenges that have been raised against this "new way of doing theology" and charts its prospects for the future. Part I of the Truth Shall Make You Free consists of Gutierrez's defense of his work before the theological faculty of the Catholic Institute of Lyons. The …
Outline : The global mental health crisis is growing faster than our existing mental health care system can address. To meet the scope of human need, we need new models of care. The good news is that there is an institution uniquely positioned with the resources and the heart to help: the church. Psychologists James Sells and Amy Trout and journalist Heather Sells know firsthand the urgency of …
Outline : Knowing how to approach children and teens in counseling can be a challenge, but this practical workbook of expressive exercises will help counselors and other caring adults to build meaningful connections. Building Bridges allows counselors to enter a young person's world by engaging them in biblically wise and creative activities and includes reproducible resources.
Outline: Say bye-bye to bad behavior. 101 Solutions to your most frustrating discipline problems in children's ministry! This A-to-Z, quick-flip guide delivers classroom-tested, expert advice for: 1. Anger, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Attention Span; 2. Bad Language, Biting, Bored Kids, Bribes, Broken Hearts, Bullying; 3. Cell Phones, Challenging Kids, Cleanup, Clingy Child, C…
Outline : For many people, their job is merely “the daily grind” needed to provide for family or pay the bills. In reality, our jobs - whether we're laying concrete or painting in a studio - are daily opportunities to display God's character and care. Pastor and author Bryan Chapell shares this biblical perspective on vocation, explaining how God gives purpose to our work by making it an in…
Outline : Warren W. Wiersbe explains what to do - and how to evaluate what you're doing - when you pursue the service of God, a service he calls "the greatest work in the world." This is for all God's servants, lay and professional. Within the structure of thirty "conversations," Wiersbe makes profoundly simple the basic principles of serving others in God's name. And he nourishes within the re…
Outline : FOR YEARS, BIBLICAL COUNSELOR DARBY STRICKLAND has served women in oppressive marriages. Now she writes to anyone who wants to help, regardless of their level of experience. You will learn how to identify the toxic entitlement that drives abusive behavior and to better understand its impact on victims-including children who are raised in a home with domestic abuse. Ultimately, you wil…
The modern chasm between "secular" work and "sacred" worship has had a devastating impact on Western Christianity. Drawing on years of research, ministry, and leadership experience, Kaemingk and Willson explain why Sunday morning worship and Monday morning work desperately need to inform and impact one another. Together they engage in a rich biblical, theological, and historical exploration of …
Outline; Ministry training often emphasizes expanding on the work of existing ministries to the neglect of addressing the difficulties of planting new churches in North America and across the world. This volume provides a practical, thorough, biblical, and inspirational corrective. Incorporating relevant sociological, anthropological, and historical insights, Hesselgrave extrapolates ten phases…
Outline: Many American Christians today are not sure what spiritual maturity is or how to get there. Thomas Bergler has written this accessible guide to help both individuals and whole faith communities to grow spiritually. Bergler claims that spiritual maturity - which he defines as basic competence in the Christian life - is not only desirable but attainable, and he identifies its character f…
Outline : walking with an addict through the process of change takes wisdom, love, and perseverance. To walk with an addict is both a gift and a grief. In the Crossroads: A Step-by-Step -Guide Away from Addiction Facilitator's Guide, Welch walks leaders through the process of loving, connecting with, and speaking truth to a group of addicts. This book contains helpful observations about the me…
Outline: DOMESTIC ABUSE How to Help Couples who publicly sit at peace in church pews can secretly be at war. How do you help the victim of domestic abuse? And doesn't the perpetrator of the violence also need our help? Three counselors reveal ways to clearly communicate God's grace to the victims of violence. They demonstrate how to minister with confidence and humility to the afflicted. They…
Outline : WHAT HOPE IS THERE WHEN A LOVED ONE'SMARRIAGE IS ABUSIVE? One spouse seeking to control and dominate the other is a prevalent problem, and even Christian marriages are not safe from it. But how can counselors and concerned family and friends know how to approach it... or even recognize it? Experienced Christian counselor Darby Strickland demonstrates how to recognize and uncover oppre…
Outline : WHAT CHARACTERIZES YOUR MARRIAGE? Marriage is a place for sacrificial giving-so a spouse who uses it to gain power and control is violating God's design. If you are being oppressed, you are probably feeling isolated and alone.., but you're not alone. Scripture has much to say about your experience, your safety, and God's heart for you-he does not blame you for your suffering and does …
Once we embark on a life of ministry, it is only natural to ask, “How am I doing? And how will I know?” One answer for ministers today is success. Many say that if your church is growing in conversions, members, and giving, your ministry is effective. This view of the ministry is on the rise because the expressive individualism of modern culture has deeply eroded loyalty to institutions and…
Demonstrates how God calls all individuals to express meaning and purpose through a career, sharing spiritual insights into finding relevance in cutthroat professional environments and staying true to Christian values in spite of competition.
Outline: If you would like to be a Mentor, or find a Mentor, but don't know where to start, this is it. Mentoring is an invaluable way of teaching skills, traditions, and cultural nuances that can't be captured in the classroom. It helps you (as protege) reach you full potential, and gives you (as mentor) the satisfaction of seeing your skills and ideals carried forward to the next generation. …
Outline: "There is no correlation between the size and the strength of a church!" insists Rick Warren. "Big is not automatically better, and neither is being small automatically better. Healthy is better!" As a "pastor or pastors," Rick Warren has trained over 400,000 pastors from 164 countries, insisting that church health, not church growth, should be our focus. "If a church is healthy, growt…
Outline: Multiplied millions of women all over the world are looking over the church's shoulder, longing to see the freedom Jesus purchased for them at Calvary. Millions more have found freedom in Jesus but are still bound by human ideas - ideas that pressure a woman to let culture, not God, determine her place in the Kingdom. While hurting men and women outside the church cry out, "Is there an…
Outline: Working in tandem with the resources and videos found at churchcares.com, this handbook brings together top experts from various fields to help pastors and ministry leaders understand and implement the best practices for handling a variety of abuse scenarios in churches, schools, or ministries. Although the most comprehensive training is experienced by using this handbook and the video…
Outline: In order to build a biblical - theological framework for understanding God's mission, the church's mission, and the church's mission to the nations, one must first understand the unified biblical narrative, including its four major plot movements - creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. It is with this in mind that the contributor to Theology and Practice of Mission address some …
Outline: Today many pastors are struggling to adapt to a post-Christian culture without abandoing orthodox theology. How do we communicate the concepts of grace and substitutionary atonement in our globalized culture and context? In Center Church, Timothy Keller offers challenging insights and provocative questions based on over twenty years of ministry in New York City. This book outlines a th…
Outline: Discover how you can reach the unchurched. Looking across the landscape of our society, it is clear that there is a vast field of people who desperately need to know God, His grace and His offer of reconciliation through Christ. In this book, George Barna takes a careful look at the lives and beliefs of unchurched people across the country, and presents dynamic ways to reach them. It w…
Outline: Perspectives on the World Christian Movement presents a multi-faceted collection of readings exploring the biblical, historical, cultural and strategic dimensions of world evangelization. Writings from more than 150 mission scholars and practitioners (over 60 of them new to this edition) portray the history and anticipate the potential of the global Christian movement. Every one of the…
Outline: Telling people about Jesus anywhere is tough. But doing it at college has its own special problems. Peer pressures are strong, professors are intimidating, schedules are hectic, relationships are intense. And what about Greeks, non-Christian friends, roommates, international students - yes, and your parents too? How do you show them God's love even when they may not want it? What you …
Outline: One of the greatest crimes of this generation of Christians is our neglect of the gospel, and it is from this neglect that all our other maladies spring forth. Absent from too many pulpits are the essential themes that make up the very core of the gospel - the justice of God, the radical depravity of man, and the blood atonemet. In The Gospel's Power and Message, Paul Washer addresses…
Outline: Perspectives on Family Ministry makes the case that every church is called to some form of faamily ministry - but not just another program to add to an already packed schedule. According to Timothy Paul Jones, the most effective family ministries engage parents in the act of discipling their children, drawing family members together instead of pulling them apart. He writes here about t…
Outline: Drawing on decades of counseling experience, Jim Newheiser explores forty crucial questions relating to the complexities of marriage, divorce, and remarriage - unpacking the answers given in God's Word. This useful reference work of pastors, counselors, and personal study can also be read straight through for a scriptural overview of the topic or assigned in small sections to counseles…
Overview: This book is an exploration of the joys and perils of the modern workplace. Here we see what other people wake up to do each day - and night - to make our frenzied world function. With a philosophical eye and his signature combination of wit and wisdom, the author leads us on a journey around an eclectic range of occupations, from rocket scientist to biscuit manufacturer, from accou…
Buku ini mengulas mengenai dasar-dasar teologis dari misi, isu-isu terkini dalam misi, dan bagaimana Gereja berperan dalam misi di dunia ini. Misi yang diuraikan dalam buku ini diawali dengan pendasaran teologis mengenai hakikat misi, bahwa misi sesungguhnya adalah misi Allah dan Gereja merupakan partner Allah dalam melakukan misi-Nya di dunia itu. Misi tersebut adalah sebuah misi yang komprehe…