Effective Men's Ministry

"A healthy men's ministry in a church will create a framework of vital relationships among men, within a distinctly masculine context, that will intentionally reconcile men to God and to each other."
Phil Downer, Effective Men's Ministry

The Dad in the Mirror

"Effective dads move from 'fathering for performance' to 'fathering the heart.'"
Patrick Morley & David Delk, The Dad in the Mirror

Celebrate Recovery Bible

"Denial only extends our hurts and multiplies our problems. Truth, like surgery, may hurt for a while, but in the long run it cures."
Celebrate Recovery Bible

The Book of Revelation for Blockheads

"We may not understand every detail, but we know that, in the end, God wins."
Douglas Connelly, The Book of Revelation for Blockheads

Serving in Your Church Music Ministry

"The role of keyboardists in worship is not to bedazzle the congregation with technical wizardry or to show how loudly the organ can be played, but rather to use music to bring people around the throne of God."
Randall D. Engle, Serving in Your Church Music Ministry

Holy Discontent

"The irresistible attraction to a specific cause that compels people to invest joyfully of their time, their money, and their energies always links back to a single spark of frustration that fuels what is a raging fire in their souls."
Bill Hybels, Holy Discontent

If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

"In what area of your life are you shrinking back from fully and courageously trusting God? Fear will tell you what your boat is. Leaving it may be the hardest thing you ever do."
John Ortberg, If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat

They Like Jesus but Not the Church

"Instead of viewing our towns and cities as Judeo-Christian and feeling that everyone needs to automatically adhere to what we believe, we need to act like missionaries do when they enter a different culture."
Dan Kimball, They Like Jesus but Not the Church

Be the Change

"When creativity and passion come in and clean things out, you are able to care about more than yourself."
Zach Hunter, Be the Change

Confessions of a Reformission Rev.

"Until the day of Jesus' second coming, we are not merely to relate to people but also to command them to repent of sin and bend their knee to the King before they are grapes crushed under his foot in the winepress of his fury."
Mark Driscoll, Confessions of a Reformission Rev.

Breakthrough Prayer

"Instead of looking to the Lord for help, we keep our eyes on the problem, which grows bigger the longer we gaze at it."
Jim Cymbala, Breakthrough Prayer

Questions to All Your Answers

"God gave us minds and expects us to use them."
Roger Olson, Questions to All Your Answers

Just Walk Across the Room

"Ten thousand steps is roughly the distance you travel sunrise to sunset, each and every day of your life. Are you using your steps wisely?"
Bill Hybels, Just Walk Across the Room

Seismic Shifts

"Little things do matter."
Kevin G. Harney, Seismic Shifts

Serve God, Save the Planet

"God's beautiful earth will not be saved by words or good intentions. People who are grateful for God's abundant gifts, people of faith who are not afraid to be held accountable for care of his creation, will save it."
J. Matthew Sleeth, Serve God, Save the Planet

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

The Parent You Want to Be

"Children aspire to become what their parents are. And that's precisely why it's critical to be the kind of parents we want to be."
Les Parrott, The Parent You Want to Be

Walking from East to West

"India boasts of being the most religious country in the world. Eighty percent of India is Hindu....it has more gods than any other nation. Hinduism alone has 330 million deities."
Ravi Zacharias, Walking from East to West

Faith in Action Study Bible

"Evaluate the influences your family members and friends have on you. Are they leading you away from God or toward him?"
Faith in Action Study Bible

Full Gospel, Fractured Minds?

"When the church separates the head from the heart and reason from revelation, she becomes guilty of driving an artificial wedge into God's unified reality."
Rick Nanez, Full Gospel, Fractured Minds?

Condi: The Condoleezza Rice Story

"Condi's rock-solid foundation of love and positive influence underlies every step she has taken, including her entry into an office just down the hall from the president of the United States."
Antonia Felix, Condi: The Condoleezza Rice Story

The Inspiring Story of a Miracle Named...Joel

"Uncle Doug heard a loud noise behind us. By the time he turned and looked back to determine what it was, all he could see out the rear window was the front grill of the semi about to hit us....I don't begin to know why everything happened to me the way it did. But I do know the One who has been with me through it all and has brought me to this point."
Joel Sonnenberg, Joel

The Quest for Character

"When it comes to temptation, the biggies are fortune, fame, power, and pleasure. By resisting each, out in the open, we cultivate character down inside. So keep your eyes open and your shield handy. The battle is on right now."
Charles R. Swindoll, The Quest for Character

The Deity Formerly Known as God

"If God is nothing more than a rule keeper or a commandment maker, then why would anyone want anything to do with him?"
Jarrett Stevens, The Deity Formerly Known as God

Time Peace

"Beauty hurts because it passes. Immutable Beauty awaits, but we do not see it yet. And here in the shadow-lands, life's spool unwinds."
Ellen Vaughn, Time Peace

Dad's Everything Book for Sons

"The best coaches are students of their players and find ways to individually motivate them to get the best out of them. And that's what dads have to do for their sons."
John Trent, Dad's Everything Book for Sons

The Purpose Driven Life

"God made you so he could love you."
Rick Warren, The Purpose Driven Life

A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23

"When the simple -- though sublime -- statement is made by a man or woman that 'The Lord is my shepherd,' it immediately links a lump of common clay to divine destiny -- it means a mere mortal becomes the cherished object of divine diligence."
W. Phillip Keller, A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23

The Miracles of Jesus

"Miracles are hard for us to wrap our heads around in our modern world. The Gospels make it clear that miracles were a vital part to the ministry of Jesus."
Matt Williams, The Miracles of Jesus

SoulSalsa

"The practice of spiritual values is what brings one into the presence of God."
Leonard Sweet, SoulSalsa

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

"The soul that truly loves God will want to do what God loves."
John Ortberg, When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box

Kisses of Sunshine for Teachers

"I gazed at the class -- Cowboy Jeremy, Superman Peter, and the rest of my remarkable 5-year-old charges. They were teaching me everything I needed to know about facing daily challenges and being a successful teacher: forgive quickly, love unconditionally, visualize your future, live each day with gusto, and take frequent naps."
Vicki Caruana, Kisses of Sunshine for Teachers

Hinduism, TM, and Hare Krishna

"A knowledge of the cultural history of India is imperative in understanding Hinduism."
J. Isamu Yamamoto, Hinduism, TM, and Hare Krishna

The Emotionally Healthy Church

"The sad truth is that too little difference exists, in terms of emotional and relational maturity, between God's people inside the church and those outside who claim no relationship to Jesus Christ."
Peter Scazzero, The Emotionally Healthy Church

Goddess Worship, Witchcraft, and Neo-Paganism

"Most witchcraft today is part of the contemporary neo-pagan movement, which is part of the occult."
Craig Hawkins, Goddess Worship, Witchcraft, and Neo-Paganism

Praying the Scriptures for Your Teenagers

"If we want to help our teenagers develop a heart for service, sometimes one of the best things we can do is to get them out of their comfort zones and encourage them to look beyond their high school lives to see the bigger world 'out there.'"
Jodie Berndt, Praying the Scriptures for Your Teenagers

A Stranger in the House of God

"Memoir is as much about the present as it is about the past. I do not remember in order to recall who I was; I remember to discover who I have become."
John Koessler, A Stranger in the House of God

Bullhorn 009 (NOOMA)

"The defining mark of a Christian is love."
Rob Bell, Bullhorn 009 (NOOMA)

Five Views on Apologetics

"The proper ground of our knowing Christianity to be true is the inner work of the Holy Spirit in our individual selves; and in our showing Christianity to be true (in the form of rational arguments and evidence), it is his role to open the hearts of unbelievers to assent and respond to the reasons we present."
William Lane Craig, Five Views on Apologetics

Patterns

"When we have a sustained commitment to certain spiritually rich patterns in our lives, we will be exposed repeatedly to the grace and truth of Christ, and we will be profoundly shaped by them."
Mel Lawrenz, Patterns

Just As I Am

"I straightened up, and there she was. Standing there, looking right at me, was a slender, hazel-eyed movie starlet! I said something polite, but I was flustered and embarrassed. It took me a month to muster the courage to ask Ruth Bell out for a date."
Billy Graham, Just As I Am

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

"The danger in the game of life is that we forget to ask what really matters. We race around the board with shallow relationships, frenzied schedules, preoccupied souls. Being smart or strong does not protect you from this fate. In some ways, it makes the game more dangerous, for the temporary rewards you get from playing can lull you into pretending that the game will never end."
John Ortberg, When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box

Conformed to His Image

"Our presuppositions shape our perspective, our perspective shapes our priorities, and our priorities shape our practice."
Kenneth Boa, Conformed to His Image

Courageous Leadership

"My hope is that all leaders in the kingdom will commit themselves to fully developing their leadership potential."
Bill Hybels, Courageous Leadership

Spoken Worship

"The gift most essential to the creation of spoken worship is the gift of empathy, and time and energy invested in this gift will be richly rewarded when it comes to both the composition and the delivery of spoken worship."
Gerard Kelly, Spoken Worship

The Myth of Happiness

"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

Church Re-Imagined

"We as Christians today are not only to consider what it means to be a 21st century church, but also -- and perhaps more importantly -- what it means to have a 21st century faith."
Doug Pagitt, Church Re-Imagined

The Narnian

"He was a highly accompolished scholar, perhaps already the most accomplished on the Oxford English faculty. He had written fiction too, but of a highly intellectual character; a bachelor with no children of his own, he had relatively few friends whose children he knew. He would not seem to be a likely candidate to be writing a children's book."
Alan Jacobs, The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis

Beyond: A Devotional Magazine for Young Women

"Life isn't all bad, dangerous, hazardous, and brimming with imminent disease, disaster, or death -- even if a steady diet of the daily paper or evening news would have you think so."
Beyond: A Devotional Magazine for Young Women

The Volunteer Revolution

"Volunteers should be reminded, again and again, that they're valued; that what they're doing is part of the redemptive drama that's been going throughout human history; that the role they are playing is not insignificant; that God treasures every task they perform, every hour of service they render."
Bill Hybels, The Volunteer Revolution