The Secret Blend
A Modern Parable of Personal Success – Stan Toler. Waterbrook Press. A small and simple book with great truths on building strong relationships. Pick this one up to read while you are on vacation or have a day of casual reading. Forward by John Maxwell. 2ProphetU2ProphetU is an online magazine/website, started by Warren Wiersbe and
The Peacemaker
A Biblical Guide to Resolving Personal Conflict – Ken Sande. Baker Book House. The revised edition of The Peacemaker has made a fine book even better. It provides God’s people with what I consider to be the best guidebook I’ve ever seen on how Christians should resolve conflicts. The material is based on Scripture and
The Hope of a Homecoming
Entrusting Your Prodigal to a Sovereign God – B. O’Rourke & D. Sauer. NavPress. Written by a licensed clinical psychologist and a person who has worked in the addiction recover field, this book will give encouragement and hope to all who are struggling with prodigals. Great ideas to use in preaching on the family and
The Church’s Bible
– The Song of Songs, Robert Louis Wiken, General Editor and Richard A. Norris, Jr. Translator and Editor, Eerdmans. This extensive commentary uses commentaries and sermons from the first millennium to show how the early church understood this book. This commentary approaches the book as a celebration of the love of a bride-groom and bride
The Art of Reading Scripture
– Edited by Ellen F. Davis and Richard B. Hays. Eerdmans. Have we forgotten how to read the Bible? How do we read the Scriptures in light of their original meanings and the current culture in which we live? A host of scholars and teachers offer their insights into how we can read the Bible
Stop Witnessing…and Start Loving
– Paul Borthwick. NavPress. Most Christians I know are afraid to witness. We are turned off by methods that haven’t worked or people who have been offensive in their witness. Borthwick has given us an optional, and better way to think about witnessing. If you want to have contagious Christianity, reading this book might help.
Off My Rocker
Grandparenting Ain’t What It Used To Be – Gracie Malone. NavPress. Recommending by people like Gary Chapman, this book is a good resource for grandparents who want to leave a legacy and make a difference in their grandkids. In a society where the family is decaying, it is more important than ever that Grandparents capture
360 Degree Preaching
Hearing, Speaking and Living the Word – Michael J. Quick. Baker Academic. As Michael Duduit says, this is a book for preachers who want to do more than tread water in the pulpit. Part One deals with Preaching Realities including understanding the times and preaching in changing times. Part two address Preaching Opportunities regarding interpretation,
Your Point Being
300 Striking Stories for Speakers, Preachers and Teachers – Graham H. Twelftree. Monarch Books. A good resource for the quote book and illustration section of your library. All illustrations are fully indexed by scripture and theme making it easy to use. This book includes the stories from two earlier books, Drive the Point Home and
Unclaimed Baggage
– Don and Jan Frank. NavPress. Drs. Les and Leslie Parrot write, ‘What a terrific book! The Franks have provided us with the positive tools for excavating our past so that we might live more fully in the present.’ Pastor’s and Pastor’s wives need to (a) know good resources to recommend to their people and
The Holy Wild
– Mark Buchanan. Multnomah. The author says, “In my early twenties, God ambushed me. I was a more-or-less happy agnostic, with very little background or temperament to explain what happened next. But into the midst of that, God stepped- fierce and tender and not to be trifled with – and he thundestruck me, and ever
Ten Commandments for Pastors New to a Congregation
– Lawrence W. Farris. Eerdmans. I wish this one had been in print when I started in ministry. Ten practical steps and pitfalls to avoid in a new congregation. We tend to see ourselves as world changers, but we must take care that we don’t violate the culture of a church in our zeal. The