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Barefoot Church: Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture

Barefoot Church: Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture

by Brandon Hatmaker

There's got to be more to church than this.People around the world are seeking a community that focuses more on others than on themselves. Yet most don't know where to start.Drawing from his own journey, Brandon Hatmaker reminds us that serving the least is not a trendy act of benevolence but a lifestyle of authentic community and spiritual transform… Read more…

Barefoot Church: Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture
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Barefoot Church: Serving the Least in a Consumer Culture

by Brandon Hatmaker and Adam Black

Narrated by Adam Black

There's got to be more to church than this.People around the world are seeking a community that focuses more on others than on themselves. Yet most don't know where to start.Drawing from his own journey, Brandon Hatmaker reminds us that serving the least is not a trendy act of benevolence but a lifestyle of authentic community and spiritual transform… Read more…

Xealots: Defying the Gravity of Normality

Xealots: Defying the Gravity of Normality

by Dave Gibbons

We thirst for purpose, clarity, fulfillment and direction in our lives. How do we go about sorting through all the self-help books, talks and seminars? The common, normal solutions to navigating life are focused on strengths, gifts, and passion. The reality is quite contrarian to what seems to make sense. The revelations is found in the divine fingerprints o… Read more…

17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants
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17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants

by John C. Maxwell

Narrated by John Maxwell

John C. Maxwell breaks down the personal characteristics necessary for becoming an effective team player.Leadership expert John C. Maxwell follows his bestselling The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork with this powerfully succinct companion book. Stating that great team players are developed from the inside out, Maxwell identifies the seventeen qual… Read more…

17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team
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17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork: Embrace Them and Empower Your Team

by John C. Maxwell

Narrated by John Maxwell

Learn how to build and maintain champion level teams, then lead your team to the peak level of success regardless of the field you're in.Individual all-stars can only take you so far. Ultimately, success--whether in business, family, church, athletic teams, or any other organization--is entirely dependent on teamwork. But how does one build that team?Lea… Read more…

REAL Leadership: What Every Leader Needs to Know
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REAL Leadership: What Every Leader Needs to Know

by John C. Maxwell

Narrated by Wayne Shepherd

Maxwell’s bestselling 101 collection includes:Relationships 101Relationships 101 captures the value and importance ofbuilding positive relationships. Teaching how to connect with other people,encourage those around you, and become a better listener, Relationships 101 isthe perfect tool for people who desire to improve their relationships withothers.Equippi… Read more…

A Vision for the Aging Church: Renewing Ministry for and by Seniors

A Vision for the Aging Church: Renewing Ministry for and by Seniors

by James M. Houston and Michael Parker

Are we ready for the opportunities and challenges facing the aging church?Now is the time for the church to offer ministry to its increasing numbers of seniors and to benefit from ministry they can offer. In this book James M. Houston and Michael Parker issue an urgent call to reconceive the place and part of the elderly and seniors in the local church congr… Read more…

Sticky Faith, Youth Worker Edition: Practical Ideas to Nurture Long-Term Faith in Teenagers

Sticky Faith, Youth Worker Edition: Practical Ideas to Nurture Long-Term Faith in Teenagers

by Kara E. Powell, Brad M. Griffin, Cheryl A. Crawford and Kara Powell

Many of the statistics you read about teenagers and faith can be alarming. Recent studies show that 40-50 percent of kids who are connected to a youth group throughout their senior year will fail to stick with their faith in college. As youth workers are pouring their time and energy into the students in their ministries, they are often left wondering if the… Read more…

Nelson's Annual Preacher's Sourcebook, Volume 1

Nelson's Annual Preacher's Sourcebook, Volume 1

by Kent Spann and David A. Wheeler

Preach great sermons and plan innovative worship services with the newest edition of Nelson’s Annual Preacher’s Sourcebook. Nelson’s Annual Preacher’s Sourcebook, Volume 1 is the same sermon planner you have come to depend on for over ten years with a new topical focus. Outstanding pastors provide an entire year's worth of preaching and worship r… Read more…

Sacrilege (Shapevine): Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus

Sacrilege (Shapevine): Finding Life in the Unorthodox Ways of Jesus

by Hugh Halter

It is safe to say most Christians do not live like Jesus did, have the same influence on people he had, or draw even the slightest curiosity from the on-looking world. Jesus's ability to woo people to him and win their hearts was directly related to how he challenged their assumptions about religion. He not only gave them a unique, personal way to follow… Read more…

You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church...and Rethinking Faith

You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church...and Rethinking Faith

by David Kinnaman and Aly Hawkins

Close to 60 percent of young people who went to church as teens drop out after high school. Now the bestselling author of unChristian trains his researcher's eye on these young believers. Where Kinnaman's first book unChristian showed the world what outsiders aged 16-29 think of Christianity, You Lost Me shows why younger Christians aged 16-29 are le… Read more…

Folly, Grace, and Power: The Mysterious Act of Preaching
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Folly, Grace, and Power: The Mysterious Act of Preaching

by Chapell Bryan, John Koessler and Tom Parks

Narrated by Chapell Bryan and Tom Parks

When you stand before your congregation, what do you hope to accomplish when you preach the Word? If people have Bibles and the freedom to read and pray on their own—why do they need you? In short, what do you bring to the table?Author, pastor, and professor John Koessler answers those questions and many more. Why does one sermon have a powerful effect on … Read more…


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