Zondervan Quote of the Day

Boomers on the Edge

2008-07-01T17:27:00.001-04:00

"Scripture teaches us that life is not about feeling good or being happy; rather, it's about growth."
Terry Hargrave, Boomers on the Edge (website)

Transformation

2008-06-30T13:01:00.001-04:00

"Worship takes on a completely new expression on the other side of the world. No sound systems, no calculated transitions, just sweaty believers crammed together into small rooms, weeping as the Holy Spirit oozes out among them."
Bob Roberts Jr., Transformation (website)

When Answers Aren't Enough

2008-06-20T08:42:00.000-04:00

"Embracing mystery brings peace."
Matt Rogers, When Answers Aren't Enough (website)

Take the Risk

2008-06-19T08:48:00.001-04:00

"Anyone who refuses to test his limits, anyone unwilling to move out of her comfort zone, is destined to live life inside the envelope. The most important developments in science, history, technology, and the arts came from taking risks."
Ben Carson MD, Take the Risk (website)

The Myth of Happiness

2008-06-18T07:47:00.001-04:00

"The pursuit of happiness has become the Zeitgeist of the postmodern world."
Rich Wagner, The Myth of Happiness (website)

Seismic Shifts

2008-06-17T07:48:00.000-04:00

"If you are soul-fatigued and long for rest, God wants you to know that he has established a way for you to order your life so there is always space for play, worship, refreshment, and community with those you love."
Kevin G. Harney, Seismic Shifts

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Church

2008-06-16T08:05:00.001-04:00

"As God looks down from the vastness of heaven at this third planet from the sun, what is he seeing? What is he thinking? What is he saying to the angels about the goings-on here? What is he applauding, and what is he reproaching? What does he wish his people to do -- and not do?"
Dean Merrill, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry Church

Father and Son

2008-06-13T07:58:00.002-04:00

"Matthew smiled and whispered in an easy creed, 'I love you, dad.' I was an old man young in the love of his son."
Walter Wangerin Jr., Father and Son (website)

Honey for a Child's Heart

2008-06-12T09:30:00.001-04:00

"Take all the words available in the human vocabulary and read them from the dictionary, and you have only a list of words. But with the creativity and imagination God has given human beings, let these words flow together in the right order and they give wings to the spirit. Every child ought to know the pleasure of words so well chosen that they awaken sensibility, great emotions, and understanding of truth."
Gladys Hunt, Honey for a Child's Heart

Freedom of Simplicity

2008-06-11T07:59:00.001-04:00

"The pace of the modern world accentuates our sense of being fractured and fragmented. The complexity of rushing to achieve and accumulate more and more threatens frequently to overwhelm us."
Richard J. Foster, Freedom of Simplicity

How Jewish Is Christianity?

2008-06-10T07:59:00.001-04:00

"The history of Jewish believers in Jesus is a fascinating one, but life for Messianic Jews has been difficult ever since the Greek contextualization of the Christian message and lifestyle."
Louis Goldberg, How Jewish Is Christianity?

An Agenda for Change

2008-06-09T08:18:00.001-04:00

"A knowledge of the real Jesus is essential, not just for Christians but for wider society, because his influence is so wide. The reality of an individual who has set the western calendar, permeated human thought and history for over 2,000 years, and influenced the culture of the dominant nations for a millennium demands to be taken seriously."
Joel Edwards, An Agenda for Change (website)

Unmasking the Cults

2008-06-06T09:50:00.000-04:00

"A cult of Christianity is a group of people who claim to be Christian, yet embrace a particular doctrinal system taught by an individual leader, group of leaders, or organization, which (system) denies (either explicitly or implicitly) one or more of the central doctrines of the Christian faith as taught in the 66 books of the Bible."
Alan W. Gomes, Unmasking the Cults

Boundaries with Teens

2008-06-05T07:55:00.002-04:00

"Be soft on preferences and style, and hard on disrespect and selfishness."
Dr. John Townsend, Boundaries with Teens

In His Image

2008-06-04T08:03:00.001-04:00

"The image of God -- the first man on earth received it, and in some refracted way each one of us possesses this quality wondrous strange."
Paul Brand MD, In His Image

Ready for Responsibility

2008-06-03T08:10:00.001-04:00

"Just as the school sees it as part of their job to set up a practice opportunity for teenagers with the SAT exams, it's a parent's job to set up practice opportunities with as many of the expected adult competencies as possible."
Robert G. Barnes, Ready for Responsibility

Character Makeover

2008-06-02T08:47:00.001-04:00

"God cares more about the character we bring to our life mission than he does about our ministry's strategic plan."
Katie Brazelton & Shelley Leith, Character Makeover

Holy Discontent

2008-05-30T08:04:00.003-04:00

"There is something out there that God is waiting for you to grab on to so that he can use you to help solve it."
Bill Hybels, Holy Discontent (website)

Issues Facing Christians Today

2008-05-29T08:20:00.001-04:00

"God is concerned for the whole of humankind and for the whole of human life in all its color and complexity. These universals have important consequences for our thinking."
John R. W. Stott, Issues Facing Christians Today

Finding a Church You Can Love and Loving the Church You've Found

2008-05-28T09:13:00.001-04:00

"God calls the church his bride, and he loves the church as a groom loves his radiant bride. We need to see the church through his eyes."
Kevin & Sherry Harney, Finding a Church You Can Love and Loving the Church You've Found

Creating a Prodigal-Friendly Church

2008-05-27T08:17:00.001-04:00

"God is like the smitten father who anxiously scans the horizon, looking for the crazy, mixed-up kid that is me and you both. Prodigals utterly matter to God."
Jeff Lucas, Creating a Prodigal-Friendly Church

Stories Behind the Hymns That Inspire America

2008-05-26T08:48:00.001-04:00

"As a tune that salutes the unselfish service of men and women whose devotion to duty and country set them apart from their peers, Taps signifies life built on faith, hope, and love."
Ace Collins, Stories Behind the Hymns That Inspire America

The Faith

2008-05-23T08:03:00.001-04:00

"If the Church has any hope of answering today's challenges, it must pursue what we call radical Christianity or orthodoxy."
Charles W. Colson & Harold Fickett, The Faith

The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook

2008-05-22T08:48:00.001-04:00

"The day of divorce doesn't represent a final point in anything but the legal status of the marriage. For many, ongoing battles will continue for months or years."
John P. Splinter, The Complete Divorce Recovery Handbook

Shattered Vows

2008-05-21T08:05:00.001-04:00

"Every woman who has been sexually betrayed recalls with vivid clarity that darkest, loneliest day when betrayal entered the sanctuary of her marriage and forever changed her life."
Debra Laaser, Shattered Vows

Mending the Soul

2008-05-20T09:32:00.001-04:00

"It is precisely at the juncture of intractable evil, abuse, and human misery that the Christian gospel offers the only possible hope."
Steven R. Tracy, Mending the Soul

Honey for a Child's Heart

2008-05-19T08:20:00.000-04:00

"Children and books go together in a special way. I can't imagine any pleasure greater than bringing to the uncluttered, supple mind of a child the delight of knowing the many rich things God has given us to enjoy. Parents have this wonderful privilege, and books are their keenest tools."
Gladys Hunt, Honey for a Child's Heart

Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis

2008-05-16T08:15:00.001-04:00

"Aslan," said Lucy, "you're bigger." "That is because you are older, little one," answered he. "Not because you are?" "I am not. But every year you grow, you will find me bigger."
Dialogue from Prince Caspian by C. S. Lewis

The Unexpected Journey

2008-05-15T08:12:00.000-04:00

"Eventually Rauni finally could not doubt the massive number of contradictions she read and translated. The evidence was just too overwhelming. 'Mormonism just doesn't make sense,' she told us."
Thom S. Rainer, The Unexpected Journey

An Hour on Sunday

2008-05-14T08:05:00.001-04:00

"Every Sunday morning a minority of people in your town and mine prepare to go to church. For those who walk into a church and take a seat, what is at stake? How much does it really matter what takes place in the next hour?"
Nancy Beach, An Hour on Sunday

How Christianity Changed the World

2008-05-13T08:16:00.001-04:00

"The very freedom of speech and expression that ironically permits critics to castigate Christian values is largely a by-product of Christianity's influences that have been incorporated into the social fabric of the Western world."
Alvin J. Schmidt, How Christianity Changed the World

Leadership from the Inside Out

2008-05-12T08:19:00.001-04:00

"We all have learned that we can go through the motions of leadership with an empty heart. Love is our heartbeat, and too often our heartbeat is weaker than we want to admit."
Kevin G. Harney, Leadership from the Inside Out

The Purpose Driven Life

2008-05-09T08:16:00.001-04:00

"Only in God do we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance and our destiny."
Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life

How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative

2008-05-08T11:35:00.001-04:00

"Gradually the impression has sunk into the American mind that being a conservative Christian, being evangelical, and being narrow, rigid, militant, and angry are the same."
Roger E. Olson, How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative

A Friendly Dialogue between an Atheist and a Christian

2008-05-07T08:55:00.001-04:00

"Forgiveness has to be the highest level of spiritual development."
Luis Palau, A Friendly Dialogue between an Atheist and a Christian

Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches

2008-05-06T09:44:00.002-04:00

"True emerging churches must go deep within, and from the inside out, rethink, reshape, and revalue how we go about everything as culture changes. We must rethink leadership, church structure, the role of a pastor, spiritual formation, how community is lived out, how evangelism is done, how we express our worship, etc. It's not just about what we do in the worship service, but about everything."
Dan Kimball, Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches

An Agenda for Change

2008-05-05T09:25:00.001-04:00

"A knowledge of the real Jesus is essential. The reality of an individual who has set the western calendar, permeated human thought and history for over 2,000 years, and influenced the culture of the dominant nations for a millennium demands to be taken seriously."
Joel Edwards, An Agenda for Change

The Jesus I Never Knew

2008-05-02T09:14:00.001-04:00

"I am drawn to Jesus, irresistibly, because he positioned himself as the dividing point of life -- my life. According to Jesus, what I think about him and how I respond will determine my destiny for all eternity."
Philip Yancey, The Jesus I Never Knew

Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?

2008-05-01T08:29:00.001-04:00

"Prayer means keeping company with God who is already present. Prayer offers the chance to attend and respond to that presence."
Philip Yancey, Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?

Be the Change

2008-04-30T08:12:00.002-04:00

"Maybe you think slavery was eliminated a long time ago. That's what a lot of people think. Unfortunately, it's not true. That's right, slavery still goes on today."
Zach Hunter, Be the Change

Going Public with Your Faith

2008-04-29T08:13:00.001-04:00

"The seemingly insignificant words you speak and actions you take can have great significance before God and in the lives of the people you encounter."
William Carr Peel & Walt Larimore, MD, Going Public with Your Faith

Giving

2008-04-28T14:08:00.001-04:00

"Our stewardship of money tells a deep and consequential story. It forms our biography."
Randy Alcorn, quoted by John Ortberg, Laurie Pederson, & Judson Poling in Giving

The Faith

2008-04-25T08:17:00.001-04:00

"God has a double standard in Islam when it comes to forgiveness that introduces a potentially deadly relativism into Islam's ethics. Only in Christianity does God sacrifice Himself to pay the debts of humankind."
Charles Colson & Harold Fickett, The Faith

Character Makeover

2008-04-24T08:11:00.001-04:00

"You can know everything there is to know about yourself, your potential, and your goals, but if you are hesitant about developing some of the essential character qualities it takes to fulfill your godly dreams (such as humility, generosity, and confidence), you'll get derailed from your life's calling at every turn."
Katie Brazelton & Shelley Leith, Character Makeover

Finding Your Way after the Suicide of Someone You Love

2008-04-23T09:17:00.001-04:00

"Many survivors eventually come to a point in their healing when the 'why' questions become less important and 'Where do we go from here?' becomes the focus."
David B. Biebel & Suzanne L. Foster, Finding Your Way after the Suicide of Someone You Love

It's Easy Being Green

2008-04-22T08:09:00.001-04:00

"Protecting the ecosystem can't become another failed New Year's resolution -- like an exercise plan or a work ethic that fizzles out after three weeks. We need to have endurance, if we are going to change the world."
Emma Sleeth, It's Easy Being Green

Jesus for President

2008-04-21T10:08:00.001-04:00

"To claim that one's citizenship is in heaven is to say that you pledge allegiance not to any of the kingdoms of the world but to Jesus and the body of those who take on his suffering, enemy-loving posture toward the world."
Shane Claiborne & Chris Haw, Jesus for President

God and Government

2008-04-18T08:31:00.001-04:00

"The state is not a remedy for sin, but a means to restrain it."
Charles Colson, God and Government

Surviving Information Overload

2008-04-17T09:12:00.001-04:00

"Might there be something about information -- the speed with which it comes, the sense of control it gives us -- that can truly become addictive?"
Kevin A. Miller, Surviving Information Overload

When Answers Aren't Enough

2008-04-16T08:12:00.001-04:00

"If I refuse to bury my head in the sand, pretending all is well, but rather think and speak of the world as it actually is, can I, then, still know God as good? Can my experience of him be more consistent than my circumstances, which alternate between good and bad?"
Matt Rogers, When Answers Aren't Enough

How to Read the Bible Book by Book

2008-04-15T06:44:00.000-04:00

"The Bible is not merely some divine guidebook, nor is it a mine of propositions to be believed or a long list of commands to be obeyed. It is infinitely more than that."
Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible Book by Book

Good $ense Budget Course

2008-04-14T09:08:00.001-04:00

"When money is no longer the chief rival god, when money no longer controls the person but the person controls money, and when the deceitfulness of riches is exposed and can no longer choke out God's Word, individuals are freed up to relate to God and to serve God in profoundly new and deeper ways."
Dick Towner & John Tofilon, Good $ense Budget Course

Leadership from the Inside Out

2008-04-11T08:22:00.002-04:00

"When God's glory is our joy, when our hearts beat with his, when he rules with no rivals, we grow healthy as leaders."
Kevin G. Harney, Leadership from the Inside Out

How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth

2008-04-10T08:09:00.001-04:00

"While we think that everyone should have a primary Bible translation of choice, we hope also, in light of the richness of available options, to encourage the frequent use of more than one translation as an enriching form of Bible study."
Gordon D. Fee & Mark L. Strauss, How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth

The Case for a Creator

2008-04-09T08:18:00.001-04:00

"Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, one with the very delicate balance needed to provide exactly the conditions required to permit life, and one which has an underlying (one might say 'supernatural') plan."
Nobel laureate Arno Penzias, quoted by Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator

How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative

2008-04-08T07:56:00.001-04:00

"'Evangelical' means being radically open to the gospel in all of its implications, including challenges to our comfort zones and vested interest in upholding the status quo and reiterating the past."
Roger E. Olson, How to Be Evangelical without Being Conservative

Heaven Is a Place on Earth

2008-04-07T08:41:00.001-04:00

"Our purpose for life does not consist only in spiritual activities. There is also value in showing up for work, waxing our car, playing with our children, or taking a trip to the beach -- just a few of the many things we do, not because we are Christian, but primarily because we are human."
Michael E. Wittmer, Heaven Is a Place on Earth

Another Gospel

2008-04-04T08:07:00.001-04:00

"The Jehovah's Witnesses, with their emphasis on witnessing and their efforts to win converts from orthodoxy, ought to serve as a challenge to Christians to reevaluate their own faith."
Ruth A. Tucker, Another Gospel

His Brain, Her Brain

2008-04-03T08:07:00.001-04:00

"By understanding how God created and designed us, we are more likely to turn our myriad differences, blind spots, and weaknesses into oneness and strength, so that we can more fully live the joy of God's delightful design for marriage."
Walt & Barb Larimore, His Brain, Her Brain

Barrier-Free Friendships

2008-04-02T11:37:00.000-04:00

"When it comes to relationships with members of the disabled community, I ask that those of you who are not disabled take the initiative. You need to take the risk of looking past the wheelchair, the sunglasses, and the prostheses to see and engage the person that lies hidden there."
Joni Eareckson Tada, Barrier-Free Friendships

The Case for Faith

2008-04-01T08:06:00.001-04:00

"Faith isn't about having perfect and complete answers to every single objection. Faith is about a choice, a step of the will, a decision to want to know God personally."
Lee Strobel, The Case for Faith

The Sacred Way

2008-03-31T08:23:00.002-04:00

"The Christian faith is more of a quest than a destination, for Jesus himself was a wanderer, the most famous peripatetic pilgrim ever to strap on a pair of sandals."
Tony Jones, The Sacred Way

Serve God, Save the Planet

2008-03-28T07:57:00.000-04:00

"God's earth is only on loan to each generation."
J. Matthew Sleeth MD, Serve God, Save the Planet

The American Church in Crisis

2008-03-27T11:19:00.001-04:00

"The goal of moving from decay to restoration is not simply for the church to grow numerically, not simply to have more churches with more people sitting in them. Instead, the goal is to move the church into more fruitful ministry so that the church can transform culture with the love and grace of God."
David T. Olson, The American Church in Crisis

Opening Your Child's Spiritual Windows

2008-03-26T07:43:00.000-04:00

"Children have critical spiritual windows of opportunity -- pathways to their hearts during their growing-up years, when their hearts and minds are most open to experiencing the wonder of God's creation, coming to know him and his ways through the Bible, talking and listening to him through prayer, serving him, and participating in the church community."
Cheri Fuller, Opening Your Child's Spiritual Windows

Archaeology and Bible History

2008-03-25T08:29:00.000-04:00

"Archaeology illuminates the text of the Scriptures and so makes valuable contributions to the field of biblical interpretation and exegesis."
Joseph Free & Howard Vos, Archaeology and Bible History

The Irresistible Revolution

2008-03-24T09:06:00.001-04:00

"Jesus came not just to prepare us to die but to teach us how to live."
Shane Claiborne, The Irresistible Revolution

Sex God

2008-03-21T08:38:00.001-04:00

"Jesus had much to say about what happens when a woman, a God image-bearer, a carrier of the divine spark, becomes a 'that' instead of a 'she' in the eyes of men. Jesus teaches that 'anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.' He connects our eyes and our intentions and our thoughts with the state of our hearts."
Rob Bell, Sex God

What Have They Done With Jesus?

2008-03-20T08:08:00.001-04:00

"What is it about our culture that makes us prone to listen to sensational claims about Jesus and his earliest followers, even when there is little or no hard evidence to support such conjectures?"
Ben Witherington III, What Have They Done With Jesus?

Sex and the Soul of a Woman

2008-03-19T12:23:00.001-04:00

"A man and a woman fall into bed now with no promises made and no expectations to which they can hold each other."
Paula Rinehart, Sex and the Soul of a Woman

Taming Your Private Thoughts

2008-03-18T08:16:00.001-04:00

"Within our thoughts resides the capacity for good or evil, for help or hurt, for positive or negative actions, for trusting or doubting."
Jay Dennis & Marilyn Jeffcoat, Taming Your Private Thoughts

Power and Passion

2008-03-17T11:01:00.001-04:00

"Does Jesus stretch our imaginations? Do we allow him to challenge our instrumental notions of truth? Does it suddenly begin to strike us that we are Pilate?"
Samuel Wells, Power and Passion

The Myth of Happiness

2008-03-07T05:26:00.000-05:00

"Christ doesn't talk much about happiness, but I see the promise of joy repeated constantly throughout the New Testament."
Rich Wagner, The Myth of Happiness

Theology in the Context of World Christianity

2008-03-06T08:46:00.000-05:00

"Buddhism denies the ontological existence of any God."
Timothy C. Tennent, Theology in the Context of World Christianity

Tithing

2008-03-05T07:53:00.001-05:00

"Because most Christians do not tithe, the church remains in a generally discouraged state."
R. T. Kendall, Tithing

Understanding the Koran

2008-03-04T12:45:00.001-05:00

"Christianity and Islam account for almost half the world's population. Amazingly, they remain relatively ignorant of each other's central beliefs."
Mateen Elass, Understanding the Koran

Good $ense Budget Course

2008-03-03T05:31:00.000-05:00

"There is a tremendous need for churches today to educate and assist people with managing their money in God-honoring ways."
Dick Towner & John Tofilon, Good $ense Budget Course

Church Re-Imagined

2008-02-29T09:23:00.001-05:00

"Our misguided belief that life change can come through proper knowledge acquired through education has failed to produce the kind of radical commitment to life in harmony with God in the way of Jesus that we are called to."
Doug Pagitt, Church Re-Imagined

How Christianity Changed the World

2008-02-28T08:06:00.001-05:00

"Had Jesus Christ never walked the dusty paths of ancient Palestine, suffered, died, and risen from the dead, and never assembled around him a small group of disciples who spread out into the pagan world, the West would not have attained its high level of civilization, giving it the many human benefits it enjoys today."
Alvin J. Schmidt, How Christianity Changed the World

The Faith

2008-02-27T08:12:00.001-05:00

"If we live in an exclusively material world, human life -- including mine and yours -- is absolutely meaningless. No matter how intense our passions, how great our accomplishments, or what side of history we choose, all of this will turn to dust in a universe doomed to extinction."
Charles Colson, The Faith

The American Church in Crisis

2008-02-26T09:08:00.001-05:00

"The American church is losing ground as the population continues to surge. If trends continue, by 2050 the percentage of Americans attending church will be half the 1990 figure."
David T. Olson, The American Church in Crisis

A Friendly Dialogue Between an Atheist and a Christian

2008-02-25T15:57:00.001-05:00

"We came at it from the points of view of an atheist and a believer, but we soon realized that we have a lot in common as human beings, that we respect each other and we enjoy each other's company."
Luis Palau, A Friendly Dialogue Between an Atheist and a Christian

A Stranger in the House of God

2008-02-22T08:09:00.001-05:00

"I decided long ago to cast my lot with the church. It has probably failed me as many times as I have failed it, but I will not abandon it. I could not, without abandoning myself."
John Koessler, A Stranger in the House of God

Enjoy the Silence

2008-02-21T08:36:00.001-05:00

"Just listen. Sounds simple, right? Wrong. You see, we live in a loud world, and often God speaks quietly."
Maggie & Duffy Robbins, Enjoy the Silence

Becoming a Contagious Church

2008-02-20T08:21:00.001-05:00

"Evangelism is one of the highest values in the church -- and one of the least practiced."
Mark Mittelberg, Becoming a Contagious Church

Going Public with Your Faith

2008-02-19T08:30:00.001-05:00

"For most Christians these days, the workplace -- not the church or a foreign mission field -- is the primary setting for effective kingdom work."
William Carr Peel & Walt Larimore MD, Going Public with Your Faith

Honey for a Teen's Heart

2008-02-18T10:13:00.001-05:00

"As parents we need to do some fresh thinking about ways to influence the minds of teens -- not with speeches or programs -- but by living together and sharing life. Good books are meant to be shared."
Gladys Hunt & Barbara Hampton, Honey for a Teen's Heart

The Challenge of Bible Translation

2008-02-15T08:07:00.001-05:00

"'Faithfulness' in translation is neither a simple concept to define nor an easy goal to achieve."
Moisés Silva, The Challenge of Bible Translation

The Perfect 10

2008-02-14T05:11:00.001-05:00

"The Ninth Commandment condemns lying because it leads to the general breakdown of communities."
Michael G. Moriarty, The Perfect 10

The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture

2008-02-13T08:12:00.000-05:00

"Media and technology are primary forces that cause changes in our philosophy, theology, culture, and ultimately the way we do church."
Shane Hipps, The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture

Carry Me Over the Threshold

2008-02-12T10:20:00.000-05:00

"Banns (a word meaning 'to summon') are said to have originated with Charlemagne around AD 800, when he was concerned that people were marrying half brothers or sisters without realizing it. Therefore, the king ordered that all marriages must be announced publicly so that anyone with information about the couple's lineage could come forward and stop the marriage, if necessary."
Kristina Seleshanko, Carry Me Over the Threshold

The Case for a Creator

2008-02-11T12:44:00.000-05:00

"If Darwinism is true, then there are five inescapable conclusions: there's no evidence for God, there's no life after death, there's no absolute foundation for right and wrong, there's no ultimate meaning for life, and people don't really have free will."
Lee Strobel, The Case for a Creator

Deep Justice in a Broken World

2008-02-08T08:23:00.000-05:00

"Americans spend $20 billion a year on ice cream. Providing clean water and basic sanitation for the entire world would cost $7 billion a year for the next 10 years."
Chap Clark & Kara Powell, Deep Justice in a Broken World

The Case for Civility

2008-02-07T11:01:00.000-05:00

"The challenge of living with our deepest -- that is, our religiously grounded -- differences is one of the world's great issues today."
Os Guinness, The Case for Civility

The Sacred Way

2008-02-06T08:21:00.000-05:00

"You can listen to innumerable sermons and read countless books, but the true transformation happens only when you practice the disciplines that lie at the heart of faith."
Tony Jones, The Sacred Way

Glocalization

2008-02-05T11:50:00.000-05:00

"It's not about missions; it's about globalization. People have become global beings. The problem with the word global is that it says 'way over there.' That is incomplete. It's way over there and here at the same time. That is why it's glocal."
Bob Roberts Jr, Glocalization

How to Win Over Depression

2008-02-04T08:21:00.000-05:00

"Of one thing I am confident: You do not have to be depressed."
Tim LaHaye, How to Win Over Depression

The New Mormon Challenge

2008-02-01T08:28:00.000-05:00

"Traditional Mormonism teaches that there is a plurality of Gods and that God formed the world out of eternally preexisting matter (rather than create ex nihilo); humans are uncreated and eternal in their most basic part, of the same species of being as God, and have the potential to become what God is; Jesus is fully divine and fully human, but only because the only distinction between deity and humanity is one of degree, not kind; and God is said to literally be an exalted man."
Carl Mosser, The New Mormon Challenge

Effective Men's Ministry

2008-01-31T08:09:00.000-05:00

"What a man needs is a brother to draw close, minister to him, and help him mature. He needs somebody to demonstrate to him another way to live, modeling a godly marriage, biblical parenthood, and the love of Christ."
Steve Sonderman, Effective Men's Ministry

Moral Choices

2008-01-30T09:11:00.000-05:00

"Being moral is inherently good because it is foundational to a person's flourishing in life, since doing well in life and being a good person still go together for most people."
Scott B. Rae, Moral Choices