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Karl Marx and D. L. Moody. The contrast between these men could not be greater. They made similar promises—promises of freedom and a better world. Yet the lessons they left behind are as divergent as night and day. One sought to liberate people but ultimately enslaved them. The other preached forgiveness from sin and set people free.

What got us here won't get us where we want to go. The global Church faces its greatest opportunity-and its greatest challenge in completing the Great Commission. Despite our sincerity and sacrifice, too much remains undone. What if breakthrough is unleashed by returning to the simple commands of Jesus? What if ordinary believers, not paid professionals, hold the key to finishing our assignment?

Our struggles with sleep impact every area of life, from physical and spiritual health to emotional well-being and thinking clearly. When Sleep Won’t Come approaches sleep from both physiological and biblical angles to help us understand our bodies’ physical rhythms and needs and to show how...

Vad är det unika med ett kristet ledarskap, jämfört med ledarskap i största allmänhet? Hur kan vi som ledare bli till kanaler för Guds kraft, snarare än vår egen? Vilka principer för den kristna tjänsten träder fram i Guds ord – och hur kan vi tillämpa dessa principer i dag? Ledare...

The Faithful Intern is a practical guide for ministry interns and the leaders who invest in them. Through real ministry stories, biblical encouragement, and ten important conversations, Rob Hilbun helps young leaders grow in teachability, character, responsibility, service, and leadership. Listen to it before an internship begins or walk through it together week by week.

In this three volume set, Dr. Thompson draws from his 5+ decades serving the Lord full time in faithful ministry on four continents. Join Allan as he helps uncover a different leadership principle in each chapter of the New Testament. In Volume 1, Allan explores the many leadership issues in the four Gospels. Whether you lead a multinational corporation, a church, a family, or just you, these leadership principles can profit both the novice and the veteran leader. Read for you by the author.

Compromise has three colors. The American church has a history of creating and maintaining racist ideas and practices. This audio original recording from NYT bestselling author Jemar Tisby is based on the themes introduced in The Color of Compromise but goes a step further, showing how...

Discover a different way of seeing and responding to the Coronavirus pandemic, an approach drawing on Scripture, Christian history, and the way of living, thinking, and praying revealed to us by Jesus. What are we supposed to think about the Coronavirus crisis? Some people think they know: "This...

You were born to lead. Now it's time to become a leader. Leaders may be found in boardrooms, but they may also be found in families, schools, and organizations of all kinds—anywhere people interact, nurture, create, or build. Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not meant for an elite group of people who, by fate or accident, become leaders while everyone else is consigned to being a lifelong follower. After personally training thousands of leaders from around the world, best-selling author Dr.

Unlock the Truth: Defend the Catholic Faith Against the Heresies of the Protestant Reformation! Dive deep into the heart of Catholic apologetics with Catholic vs. Protestant Doctrine: Defending the Faith Against the Protestant Reformation’s Heresies. This eye-opening work takes you beyond the surface of theological debates and into the very essence of the disputes that reshaped Western civilization.

Christianity is the most enduring and influential legacy of the ancient world, and its emergence the single most transformative development in Western history. Even the increasing number in the West today who have abandoned the faith of their forebears, and dismiss all religion as pointless superstition, remain recognisably its heirs. Seen close-up, the division between a sceptic and a believer may seem unbridgeable.

Leadership expert and New York Times–bestselling author John Maxwell offers powerful principles for connecting with others so you can lead them well. This practical guide to fostering relationships in all areas of life equips you to tap into the most precious resource of all: people.

Scripture commands Christians to be a remembering people. Contemplating how God's church has prevailed throughout war, heresy, political upheaval, and more, we will begin to grasp the bigger story of his work in the world and gain bold faith for our lives today.

From the bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy – an intimate account of why Vice President JD Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith. Communion is a spiritual exploration of what it means to be a Christian in all the seasons of life JD Vance has...

"In the name of the Father, the Son, and ... the Holy Spirit." We pray in the name of all three, but how often do we live with an awareness of only the first two? As Jesus ascended into heaven, He promised to send the Holy Spirit—the Helper—so that we could be true and living witnesses for Christ.

The gospel is the greatest message of all time, addressing the greatest need of all people. However, the good news about Jesus does more than just promise eternal life to all who believe. In this addition to the 9Marks Building Healthy Churches series, pastor Ray Ortlund explains the gospel's power to transform individuals from the inside out and create beautiful human relationships. This short book helps listeners experience the power of God as they are encouraged to trust in Christ and allow him to transform their beliefs, perspectives, and practices.

Did Plato possess a Greek Bible centuries before the Septuagint? In the second century, Christian philosopher Justin Martyr made a remarkable accusation: Plato had taken one of his most famous statements about human freedom and divine innocence directly from Moses: “The choice makes you responsible. God is not responsible.” Known in Greek as Aitia helomenou. Theos anaitios, these words appear in Plato’s Myth of Er at the conclusion of the Republic. Yet Justin insisted that Plato had not originated the teaching.

Your small church is not a failed big church. You love your church. You also can't quite shake the feeling that it isn't enough. Not enough people, not enough programs, not enough of whatever the conference speaker said real ministry was supposed to look like. You've sat in the third row, looked at the same familiar faces, and quietly wondered when the growth would come, as if the church you're in is a waiting room for the church you're supposed to become. It isn't.

The growth of Christianity in the early centuries of the Common Era is one of the most extraordinary stories in world history. What began with a preaching day laborer and his dozen or so disciples soon grew to be the largest religion in the world, eventually taking over the entire Roman Empire. How did that happen? How was such a movement possible?