Deep Justice in a Broken World

"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

"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

"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

"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

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

The New Mormon Challenge

"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

"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

"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

The Torn Veil

"My face was veiled from men. For the most part, during those first 14 years of my feeble existence, the perimeter walls of our large garden were my boundaries."
Gulshan Esther, The Torn Veil

The Bible for Blockheads

"People are in need of reliable, accessible, simple information about the Bible."
Douglas Connelly, The Bible for Blockheads

The Unchurched Next Door

"Reaching the unchurched is spiritual warfare."
Thom S. Rainer, The Unchurched Next Door

Holy Discontent

"We all have one shot and one shot only to leave a lasting legacy -- a definitive mark on this world that reflects our decision to lean into, not away from, our areas of holy discontent."
Bill Hybels, Holy Discontent

The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture

"The forms of media and technology -- regardless of their content -- cause profound changes in the church and culture."
Shane Hipps, The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture

The Grandmother's Bible

"The book of Genesis, through its many well-known stories, teaches us about God's plan for human relationships and emotions, especially within the family. Although the words "grandmother" or "grandfather" do not appear in Genesis, they easily could. These stories tell about individuals who lived for hundreds of years, living to see many generations. We can learn from their successes and from their failures."
The Grandmother's Bible

The Faith

"Most professing Christians don't know what they believe, and so can neither understand nor defend the Christian faith -- much less live it."
Charles Colson, The Faith

Theology in the Context of World Christianity

"Christianity is on the move and is creating a seismic change that is changing the face of the whole Christian movement. Every Christian in the world, but especially those in the West, must understand how these changes will influence our understanding of church history, our study of theology, and our conception of world missions."
Timothy C. Tennent, Theology in the Context of World Christianity

Freedom of Simplicity

"Christian simplicity is a terribly complex matter."
Richard Foster, Freedom of Simplicity

The Myth of a Christian Nation

"As disciples of Jesus we are to do what we see God doing in Jesus, just as our shadow does everything we do."
Gregory A. Boyd, The Myth of a Christian Nation

Serve God, Save the Planet

"The earth was designed to sustain every generation's needs, not to be plundered in an attempt to meet one generation's wants."
J. Matthew Sleeth, MD, Serve God, Save the Planet

Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees

"And so Cynthia and I found ourselves chafing at what we later would recognize was our first lesson in missionary life in Nepal: Be prepared for a comedown. Being asked to do something other than we were trained for was not what bothered us so much; it was being asked to do less. We learned what every missionary must sooner or later learn: If it's job satisfaction you expect, forget about being a missionary."
Thomas Hale, Don't Let the Goats Eat the Loquat Trees

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