In this revised and expanded edition of Brothers, We Are Not Professionals that includes a new introduction and select all-new chapters, best-selling author John Piper pleads through a series of thoughtful essays with fellow pastors to abandon the professionalization of the pastorate and pursue the prophetic call of the Bible for radical ministry. "We pastors are being killed by the professiona…
What does Christianity have to do with baseball? April Fool's Day? E-mail? DNA? Politics? Philip Ryken turns these topics into meditations on living out the Christian life in a culture that tries to forget God.
This primer on the ministry of preaching connects reading the Bible theologically with preparing and preaching sermons. Hans Boersma explains that exegesis involves looking beyond the historical and literal meaning of the text to the hidden sacramental reality of Christ himself, which enables us to reach the deepest meaning of the Scriptures. He provides models for theological sermons along wit…
Preaching needs to become purposeful, says Jay Adams, because purposeless preaching is deadly. This book was written to help preachers and students discover the purpose of preaching has and the ways that the Scriptures inform and direct the preaching task. Preaching with Purpose, like the many other books of Jay Adams, speaks clearly and forcefully to the issue. Having read this book, both stud…
The best illustration book available to pastors today! Covers contemporary subjects such as abortion, drugs, and divorce, as well as the timeless subjects of faith, commitment, and Christian living.
Pastors are tasked with the incredibly demanding job of caring for the spiritual, emotional, and, at times, physical needs of their people. While seminary is helpful preparation for many of the challenges pastors face, there's far more to pastoral ministry than what can be covered in the classroom. Designed as a reference guide for nearly every situation a pastor will face, this comprehensive b…
The Book of Micah confronts idolatry, superstition, confusion, alienation, inhumane acts against one's neighbors, and desolation of one's being at the most profound personal and societal level. When preaching through this prophetic book, John Calvin had no more difficulty applying Micah's prophecies to his sixteenth-century countrymen than do preachers today. Calvin's twenty-eight sermons on Mi…
A sequel to Thirty Years a Watchtower Slave, this book is a handy guide for anyone con- fronted with the doctrines of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect. There is a short history of the Russellite movement and then a clear step- by-step refutation of the most popular Jehovah's Witnesses' doctrine. Drawing from his experiences as a former member of the JW movement, Mr. Schnell shares some basic techni…
A Canadian clergyman recounts his upbringing in Ireland and how it brought him into touch with the spiritual traditions of Celtic Christianity.