Not For Sale

"Go behind the facade in any major town or city in the world today and you are likely to find a thriving commerce in human beings. You may even find slavery in your own backyard."
David Batstone, Not For Sale

Kingdom Triangle

"I'm encouraged by what appears to be the genuine growth of Charismatics and Pentecostals in the U.S."
J. P. Moreland, Kingdom Triangle

Glocalization

"Missions is a religious response. Humanitarianism is a societal response. But if we look at Jesus, we will plant a healthy, holistic faith that has the ability to lovingly, not forcefully, transform society."
Bob Roberts, Jr., Glocalization

The Church in Transition

"Sadly, rather than seeing the church as the light of the world, many people in the emerging culture see the church primarily in terms of its grave moral inadequacies."
Tim Conder, The Church in Transition

The Case for the Real Jesus

"Is it possible to find the real Jesus? That depends on how you answer a more foundational question: Are you willing to set aside your preconceptions and let the evidence take you wherever it will?"
Lee Strobel, The Case for the Real Jesus

The Myth of Happiness

"We fail to grasp what joy really is, how it differs from happiness, what it is not, and how it can be fully experienced in our lives."
Rich Wagner, The Myth of Happiness

A Generous Orthodoxy

"As more and more people take Jesus' teachings on neighborly nonviolence and peacemaking seriously, as more and more people live out the simple way of Jesus in their communities, our whole world comes closer to the day when God's will is done on earth -- which includes the extinction of war."
Brian McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy

Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

"Either your past is serving as a springboard to a better tomorrow, or it is the proverbial albatross keeping you from moving forward today."
Les Parrott III, Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda

The Purpose Driven Life

"Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Without a purpose, life is trivial, petty, and pointless."
Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life

I Saw the Lord

"I never cease to be amazed that Jesus invites you and me, as His children and in His name...to come into His Father's presence, to crawl up into His lap by faith, to put our head on His shoulder of strength, to feel His loving arms of protection around us, and to pour out our hearts."
Anne Graham Lotz, I Saw the Lord

They Like Jesus but Not the Church

"Christians are now the foreigners in a post-Christian culture, and we have got to wake up to this reality if we haven't."
Dan Kimball, They Like Jesus but Not the Church

Be the Change

"If we love God, we will want to serve him and others."
Zach Hunter, Be the Change

Preparing for Jesus

"On this first day of Christmas, we are the shepherds who run to the Lord. From our fears of loss and instability, from the anguish of troubled finances, from poverty we run to the treasure that will not tarnish nor ever diminish."
Walter Wangerin, Jr., Preparing for Jesus

Preparing for Jesus

"It's Christmas Day. The quietness is shattered. God will never, never be silent again! And now the world must know the news."
Walter Wangerin, Jr., Preparing for Jesus

Preparing for Jesus

"God enters creation as every human ever has -- but though the way is common, it is God who takes that way tonight, so the birth is uncommon indeed, a crack in the universe, and the baby blazes with divinity."
Walter Wangerin, Jr., Preparing for Jesus

Grasping God's Word

"People all over the world read the Bible because it is a fascinating book, filled with gripping stories and challenging exhortations."
J. Scott Duvall & J. Daniel Hays, Grasping God's Word

Understanding Four Views on the Lord's Supper

"Almost every Christian, regardless of how they understand the Lord's Supper, agrees with this much -- Christ instituted it, and the New Testament commands his followers to celebrate it."
John H. Armstrong, Understanding Four Views on the Lord's Supper

Let's Start with Jesus

"The Creator of the cosmos became a fetus in a young woman's womb, and the Maker of heaven and earth became dependent on a young girl's breasts! For the Christian it is occasion to hide one's face in awe and adoration."
Dennis Kinlaw, Let's Start with Jesus

Honey for a Woman's Heart

"Reading is a sage way to bump up against life. It is escape from the narrow boundaries of being only me. Reading in some wonderful way helps me find out who I am."
Gladys Hunt, Honey for a Woman's Heart

Glocalization

"Be it a stadium event or the four walls of a church for the Sunday worship service, the future is about the decentralization of the church to where it's every person in every domain of society in the pew connecting with domains and people globally."
Bob Roberts, Jr., Glocalization

Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas

"Most Christians don't know that 'Xmas' was first used by the early church and not invented as a shortcut used by merchants during the commercialization of the holiday season."
Ace Collins, Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas

Immanuel

"When you pray to Yahweh (yah-WEH, translated 'LORD' in many Bibles), this Christmas season, remember that he is the same God who draws near to save you from sin's tyranny just as he saved his people from their bondage in Egypt."
Ann Spangler, Immanuel

Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas

"The tree that can survive even the most barbarous winter has come to represent the everlasting promise of eternal life offered through Christ."
Ace Collins, Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas

Serving by Safeguarding Your Church

"Guess what issue is not on the top of church leaders' list of concerns for a church building program: security (actually, most of the time it doesn't even make the list)."
Robert H. Welch, Serving by Safeguarding Your Church

Understanding the Koran

"As Islam, the religion of the Koran, continues to advance across the world, the need grows for greater understanding of the Muslim holy book."
Mateen Elass, Understanding the Koran

Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christmas Sermons

"Through all the Advents of our life, we shall wait and look forward with longing for that day of the Lord, when God says, "I am making everything new!"
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Christmas Sermons (edited and translated by Edwin Robertson)

The Case for Christmas

"Christmas is based on a historical reality; a mystery backed up by facts."
Lee Strobel, The Case for Christmas

How People Grow

"Spiritual growth should affect relationship problems, emotional problems, and all other problems of life. There is no such thing as our 'spiritual life' and then our 'real life.' It is all one."
Henry Cloud & John Townsend, How People Grow

Sense and Nonsense about Heaven and Hell

"If human beings were created for an eternal existence, nothing could be more important than finding out what that eternal future is all about and making sure that we are going in the right direction."
Kenneth D. Boa & Robert M. Bowman, Jr., Sense and Nonsense about Heaven and Hell

Preparing for Jesus

"For nearly 1500 years Christians have spent the days of Advent not in passive inaction, but in activities strenuous and profitable: they have prepared themselves by scrubbing and cleaning their lives, by examining and repairing their souls."
Walter Wangerin, Jr., Preparing for Jesus

Seismic Shifts

"God wants his children to experience deep and lasting rest in every nook and cranny of our being."
Kevin Harney, Seismic Shifts

Dangerous Surrender

"God is looking for some disturbed people. He is searching for men and women, students, and young adults who will allow him to disturb them by making them truly see the world in which we live -- so disturbed that they will be compelled to do something about what they see."
Kay Warren, Dangerous Surrender

Loving Your Parents When They Can No Longer Love You

"In caregiving we lose a good part of the control of our lives, we become powerless to determine outcomes, and we must put our needs behind theirs."
Terry Hargrave, Loving Your Parents When They Can No Longer Love You

Christian Beliefs

"All things necessary to become a Christian, live as a Christian, and grow as a Christian are clearly presented in the Bible."
Wayne Grudem, Christian Beliefs

MySpace for Moms and Dads

"The armor our teens need is good sense, knowledge, and wisdom gained from growing in independence under the watchful supervision of parents who are learning what's going on with social networking and the Internet."
Connie Neal, MySpace for Moms and Dads

Worldly Saints

"No group of people has been more unjustly maligned in the [21st] century than the Puritans."
Leland Ryken, Worldly Saints

The Sacred Way

"The goal of Christian spirituality is to be enlivened by God's Spirit."
Tony Jones, The Sacred Way

Glocalization

"The future is about the decentralization of the church to where it's every person in every domain of society in the pew connecting with domains and people globally."
Bob Roberts, Jr., Glocalization

How to Be a Christian in a Brave New World

"Reminding ourselves of what it means to be made in God's image is the starting point for understanding what medicine, science, and technology should be used for -- and what they should not."
Joni Eareckson Tada and Nigel M. de S. Cameron, How to Be a Christian in a Brave New World

When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box

"An anonymous author in the Middle Ages wrote, 'Wherefore play the game of life warily, for your opponent is full of subtlety, and take abundant thought over your moves, for the stake is your soul.' Have a good game."
John Ortberg, When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box

The Fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School

"If all I do is teach kids Bible stories, I've given them head knowledge and a history lesson. We need to go past traditional teaching and get into transformational teaching."
Aaron Reynolds, The Fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School

Leadership from the Inside Out

"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

Dangerous Surrender

"Everything I know about a personal relationship with Jesus Christ begins and ends with surrender -- with saying yes to God. That tiny, simple word initiates an exhilarating, life-altering adventure that will take you places you never thought you'd go -- both literally and figuratively."
Kay Warren, Dangerous Surrender

Serving in Your Church Nursery

"The issue is not whether we trust people; what is crucial is that we take precautions wherever possible to create a safe environment for the children."
Julia A. Spohrer, Serving in Your Church Nursery

Identity Theft

"When you know what God says and renew your mind daily to the truth, you start to think differently about God, about yourself, about others, and about life."
Mike Breaux, Identity Theft

Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham

"I admit I don't like the burdens of old age -- the slow decline in energy, the physical annoyances and disabilities, the pain of losing loved ones, the sadness of seeing my friends decline. But old age also can be a special time in life, and I have discovered that God still has lessons to teach us."
Billy Graham, Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham

How Does Anyone Know God Exists?

"There is a drive in the human psyche that compels us to seek out a higher power, a source for our existence, and some explanation for who we are and why we are here at all."
Garry Poole, How Does Anyone Know God Exists?

Evaluating the Church Growth Movement: 5 Views

"God wants his church to grow."
Gary L. McIntosh, Evaluating the Church Growth Movement: 5 Views

Issues Facing Christians Today

"Combating racism must start in the way we raise our children."
John R. W. Stott, Issues Facing Christians Today

Building a Contagious Church

"The irony is that while many of us are in churches and denominations that have a rich heritage and strong reputation for evangelism, in many cases, precious little is actually happening."
Mark Mittelberg, Building a Contagious Church