Once Upon a Tree: Answering the Ten Crucial Questions of Life
by Calvin Miller Howard Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, Paperback. “Calvin Miller’s signature book titled Once Upon a Tree presents the significance of the cross of Jesus Christ as it relates to salvation, suffering and self-sacrifice among other things. He cites John 14:6 and clearly presents the exclusive claims of Jesus Christ alone for salvation. He also emphasizes […]
Creating Stories That Connect
by D. Bruce Seymour Kregel Publications, 2007, Paperback Creating Stories That Connect: A Pastor’s Guide to Storytelling, is well worth the time of the preaching pastor. In the vein of Calvin Miller, author Bruce Seymour offers help to all of us who face the challenge of communicating “the old old story” to Biblically illiterate generations of people we […]
A City Upon a Hill
by Larry Witham Harper Collins A City Upon a Hill, is a unique consideration of America through the lens of the sermon. Essentially, Larry Witham has given the reading public a four hundred year history of preaching in America. In a analytically artful way, Witham has described how sermons have shaped America’s self-understanding from colonial […]
Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times:
By Peter L. Steinke The Alban Institute, Herndon, VA: 2006 Biographical Sketch Peter L. Steinke is an internationally respected congregational systems consultant who has also served as a parish pastor, an educator, and a therapist for clergy. He is the author of the best-selling books, How Your Church Family Works, and, Healthy Congregations. Major Emphasis Part […]
Caring Enough to Confront
by David Augsburger Publisher: Regal Books, 1986. Ventura, CA Biographical Sketch Since 1990 David Ausburger has been professor of pastoral care and counseling at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Before coming to Fuller, Augsburger taught at seminaries in Chicago, Indiana, and Pennsylvania. For over a decade he served as radio spokesperson for the Mennonite Churches. His productions […]
Being Leaders
by Aubrey Malphurs Baker Books, 2003. Biographical Sketch The Malphurs Group is led by Dr. Aubrey Malphurs, who is also Professor of Pastoral Ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS) in Dallas, Texas. Ordained in 1971, Dr. Malphurs planted his first church in 1972. He has also served as pastor of two churches in Dallas, Texas, […]
Baptist Polity – As I See It
by James Sullivan Publisher: Broadman and Holman, 1998, Nashville: Biographical Sketch James Lenox Sullivan (1910 – 2004), a graduate of Tylertown (Miss.) High School, Sullivan’s higher education included a bachelor of arts degree from Mississippi College in Clinton; a master of theology degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and a doctor of divinity degrees from […]
The Kingdom Focused Church – Experiencing
Matthew 6:24-33 – Please take your Bible and turn to Matthew 6. We will read verses 24-33. – Jesus is beginning His earthly ministry with a foundational message which we have called the “Sermon on the Mount”. He has given instruction on several “how to’s” of life. We discover how to be blessed, how to […]
The Kingdom Focused Church – Empowering
Acts 1:9-26 – Acts 2 records the beginning the church age. Candidly, the church as we know it today was born right here. To read Acts 2 is to see the chapter opening with some 120 believers in the upper room and the Manifest Presence of the Holy Spirit of God literally “falling” in power. […]
The Kingdom Focused Church – Embracing
Philippians 3:7-20 – The – Kingdom – Focused – Church. Think about those 4 words for a second. Each word has significant meaning. – The – An article denoting specific, distinctive nature. It identifies something which is special, unique, and even “one of a kind.” – Kingdom – A kingdom is that which is ruled […]
