Church & Ministry

Thompson Chain-Reference Sermon Notebook

<p>The <em>Thompson Chain-Reference Sermon Notebook</em> is a perfect study guide to pair with the Thomas Chain-Reference Bible. This lovely imitation brown leather notebook features ample space for recording notes, organizing, and simplifying indexes, charts, and references that you will find within the TCR. There are designated spots for chains, verses, topics, and more.</p>
<p><strong>Features:</strong></p>
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<li>90 spreads</li>
<li>Designed to use with any translation of the TCR Bible</li>
<li>Tips on how to use the notebook effectively</li>
<li>Spread for every week of the year</li>
<li>Ruled pages so for easier note-taking</li>
<li>Sermon index for organizing</li>
</ul>

Sending and Going Together: Missions

<p>Taking the gospel to unreached people is an essential aspect of the Christian faith. In&nbsp;<em>Sending and Going Together: Missions</em>, you will explore a biblical understanding and practice of "missions" and discuss topics such as sending and supporting missionaries. Over the course of 6 to 7 weeks, you will study this key aspect of the church and learn how to apply its principles to your life.</p>

Talking To God: Prayer 9Marks Series

<p>How to pray is often a fundamental question that we have as Christians, and in <em>Talking To God: Prayer 9Marks Series, by Alex Duke</em>, it goes through a 6-7 week study covering 9 distinctives for a healthy church. The series shows key aspects of the church, and discussions of Scripture passages that can be utilized in churches, Sunday schools, small-study groups, and more. This series is based off of <em>Nine Marks of a Healthy Church 4th Edition</em>, by Mark Dever.</p>

Expositional Leadership

<p>In the book, <em>Expositional Leadership, by R. Scott Pace &amp; Jim Shaddix</em>, the authors guide pastors on how to strengthen, and make their ministry responsibilities easier. They lay out 6 categories of leadership, and explain how to use them for developing sermons, and delivering them. It offers advice, and biblical wisdom for each role, and helps the readers find a balance between their ministry, and their congregations.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Features:</strong></p>
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<li>Shows pastors how to integrate leadership, preaching, and pastoring</li>
<li>Biblical advice for church leadership &amp; sermon design</li>
<li>Good manual for academic &amp; vocational training</li>
<li>6 categories of leadership: Strategic, Servant, Spiritual, Sensible, Situational, &amp; Scriptural</li>
</ul>

Lead Like It Matters

<p>Craig Groeschel, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author, is the founding and senior pastor of Life.Church, an innovative multisite church known around the world that Glassdoor has named as a #1 U.S. Best Place to Work. It didn&#39;t happen on accident. In 1996, a group worshipped together in a two-car garage. Today, the church welcomes tens of thousands of attendees in multiple states around the country, and globally at Life.Church Online.</p>
<p><em>Lead Like It Matters </em>shares Groeschel&#39;s transformative insights on how to effectively build a thriving, enduring ministry and organization. Using his leadership skills, he combines straight-talk and wry honesty along with biblical wit and leadership principles to equip you with the tools to:</p>
<p>- Recognize when your organization or ministry has the indefinable but tangible &quot;it&quot; that leads to success<br />
- Identify and implement seven leadership principles for a church that lasts<br />
- Ignite a fire in your team to leave behind &quot;what we&#39;ve always done&quot; for the meaningful ministry you know is possible<br />
- Discover the three areas every leader must master for success</p>
<p><em>Lead Like It Matters</em> reveals the secret for building ministry momentum and then keeping it going.</p>

Anatomy of a Revived Church

<p>There is still hope. God can save your church.</p>
<p>Thom Rainer reveals seven findings of revived churches. Through new research, he figuratively dissects hundreds of churches that were on a fatal path, yet they all turned around. They revived. They did it in the face of facts and naysayers who told them it could not be done.</p>
<p>Get ready to walk with us through the anatomy of churches that were revived because they chose to live. The choice is as simple as it is profound. Change or die. Now, in God&#39;s power, the choice is yours.</p>

One Volume Seminary

<p>Find everything taught in seminary in one handy book.</p>
<p>Perhaps you got involved in ministry, but never took the time to go to seminary. Maybe you even went years ago, but you feel like you need a refresher. You may have just graduated from a seminary program, but you don&#39;t&#39; want to forget everything you&#39;ve learned. If any of those circumstances sound like you, then <em>One Volume Seminary</em> may be right for you.</p>
<p>Written by former and current faculty members of Mood Bible Institute and Moody Theological Seminary, this book is made to help equip or refresh seminary learning. Editors Michael Boyle, Laurie Norris, and Kerwin Rodriguez combine their years of pastoral wisdom, one-on-one counseling, high-level scholarship, and savvy street-smarts from the church&rsquo;s frontlines to offer you a one-stop-shop for ministry training. <em>One Volume Seminary</em> offers sixty essays with practical advice for every aspect of church life&mdash;always grounded in the Word of God&mdash;under six main headings:</p>
<p>- Doctrinal Basics<br />
- General Ministry to the Local Church<br />
- Special Situations in Ministry<br />
- Ministry to the World<br />
- Proclaiming the Word in Worship and Preaching<br />
- Practical Church Skills</p>

Pastoral Ministry

<p>Pastor John MacArthur blends his passion for Scripture with the training expertise of faculty members at The Master&#39;s Seminary to guide seminary students and ministry leaders in developing their pastoral ministry skills.</p>
<p>Pastors today can get swept in endless pitfalls of modern culture, buying into the idea of image and straying from Jesus&#39;s call to shepherd leadership.</p>
<p>Pastoral Ministry: How to Shepherd Biblically offers a practical pastoral theology geared toward pastors and pastors-in-training for the crucial role God&#39;s Word plays in shaping the preparation and maintaining the priorities of pastoring.</p>
<p>The authors of this resource examine the biblical teaching about the high and demanding call to ministry required of any spiritual shepherd. Learn how to pursue intentional growth through the stages of calling, training, and ministering to God&#39;s church, along the way, uncovering answers to questions such as:</p>
<p>- How does the Bible establish a philosophy of pastoral ministry, and what is it?<br />
- Who is personally qualified to be an undershepherd of God&#39;s flock?<br />
- What are the biblical preparations required of shepherd leaders?<br />
- What priority does God&#39;s word place on activities involved in pastoral ministry?</p>
<p>United in affirming shepherd leadership as the biblical model for pastoral ministry, The Master&#39;s Seminary faculty present a treasury of expertise alongside insights from well-known Bible teacher John MacArthur.</p>
<p>This book is here to inspire and equip any pastor dedicated to serving God&#39;s church in the pattern of Jesus Christ.</p>

Counseling: How to Counsel Biblically

<p>Gain a deeper understanding of counseling methods that are practical and consistent with Christian theological convictions.</p>
<p>What do the Scriptures truly say about counseling? What is the biblical basis for using Scriptures in counseling? What does it mean to think biblically about counseling-related issues?</p>
<p>At the heart of this book is the confidence that Christ and His Word are not only sufficient for effectively handling the personal and interpersonal challenges of life, but are superior to the resources found in the world. The practice of psychological counseling is a ministry and should not belong only to the realm of humanistic and secular theories of the mind.</p>
<p>Written to pastors, elders, deacons, seminary students, and laypeople; well-known pastor John MacArthur offers a system of biblical truth that brings together people, their problems, and the living God. This kind of counseling is built on the convictions that:</p>
<p>- God&#39;s Word should be our counseling authority<br />
- Counseling is part of the basic discipling ministry of the local church<br />
- God&#39;s people can and should be trained to counsel effectively</p>
<p>Counseling: How to Counsel Biblically offers biblical guidelines to counsel people who are struggling. The contributors are some of America&#39;s leading biblical teachers and counselors such as Ken L. Sarles, David Powlison, Douglas Bookman, David B. Maddox, Robert Smith, William W. Goode, and Dennis M. Swanson.</p>

<p>Discover the skills you need to preach expository sermons with excellence.</p> <p>Many of the sermons preached today lack the divine knowledge and spiritual understanding that is only available through dynamic expository preaching. In <em>Preaching: How to Preach Biblically,</em> John MacArthur&#39;s well-known passion for the Bible blends with the expertise of faculty members at The Master&#39;s Seminary to inspire and equip preachers in effective biblical preaching.</p> <p><em>Preaching: How to Preach Biblically</em> flows from biblical foundations for expository preaching through a detailed process of developing expositions and creating sermons to the actual delivery of expository messages, connecting what pastors learn in seminary with the sermons preached in a local church. This volume shows how to progress purposefully from one phase to the next in preparing to minister to God&#39;s people through preaching.</p>

Preaching: How to Preach Biblically

<p>Discover the skills you need to preach expository sermons with excellence.</p>
<p>Many of the sermons preached today lack the divine knowledge and spiritual understanding that is only available through dynamic expository preaching. In <em>Preaching: How to Preach Biblically,</em> John MacArthur&#39;s well-known passion for the Bible blends with the expertise of faculty members at The Master&#39;s Seminary to inspire and equip preachers in effective biblical preaching.</p>
<p><em>Preaching: How to Preach Biblically</em> flows from biblical foundations for expository preaching through a detailed process of developing expositions and creating sermons to the actual delivery of expository messages, connecting what pastors learn in seminary with the sermons preached in a local church. This volume shows how to progress purposefully from one phase to the next in preparing to minister to God&#39;s people through preaching.</p>
<p>This book explores this questions and more:</p>
<p>- What is expository, biblical preaching?<br />
- What are the theological and historical foundations for insisting on expository preaching?<br />
- What are the steps involved in preparation for and participation in biblical preaching?<br />
- What models exist for expository preaching today?</p>

Help Im Married to My Pastor

<p>Ministry is challenging, and every ministry wife needs, and deserves, encouragement.</p>
<p>A woman may believe she&#39;s marrying a man, and doesn&#39;t realize the ministry that comes with it. Far too often, a husband&#39;s calling can complicate their life together. What if ministry isn&#39;t what she bargained for? What happens when their children make mistakes? How should she navigate church gossip, or even slander?</p>
<p>Jani Ortlund, a ministry wife of nearly fifty years, confronts these questions, along with several others, as she provides encouragement and guidance to ministry wives. Jani reminds readers that God works out His delightfully good purposes in and through their sacrifices.</p>
<p>Chapters include:</p>
<p>- Help! I Didn&rsquo;t Bargain for This<br />
- Help! It&rsquo;s Sunday Morning<br />
- Help! I Want to Fix Him<br />
- Help! My Husband Seems Depressed<br />
- Help! I Can&rsquo;t Remember Their Names<br />
- Help! My Children Aren&rsquo;t Perfect<br />
- Help! My Pastor Doesn&rsquo;t Understand Me<br />
- Help! I Haven&rsquo;t Seen Them for a While<br />
- Help! I Need More of God<br />
- Help! Our Romance Is Regressing<br />
- Help! They&rsquo;re Talking Again<br />
- Help! Remind Me Why We Do This</p>

Lead: 12 Gospel Principles for Leadership in the Church

<div>The church is undergoing a major leadership crisis.</div>
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<div>What can we do to keep pastors from leaving the ministry?</div>
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<div>For every celebrity pastor leaving the ministry in a public spotlight, there are many more lesser-known pastors leaving in the shadows. Pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp believes that behind every pastoral failure is a lack of strong leadership community. Tripp expounds on decades of ministry experience to give churches twelve gospel principles needed to combat this leadership crisis. Each of these principles, built upon characteristics such as humility, dependency, and accountability, will enable new and experienced leaders alike to focus their attention on the ultimate leadership model: the gospel.</div>
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<div>Chapters include:</div>
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<div>- Achievement</div>
<div>- Gospel</div>
<div>- Limits</div>
<div>- Balance</div>
<div>- Character</div>
<div>- War</div>
<div>- Servants</div>
<div>- Candor</div>
<div>- Identity</div>
<div>- Restoration</div>
<div>- Longevity</div>
<div>- Presence</div>

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