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‘Share Jesus without freaking out’

A recent survey from Lifeway found that almost half of churchgoers have never shared their faith or invited someone to church, and 61 percent have not done so in the last six months.
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Praying together at church, home

Corporate prayer is something that we are supposed to do and need to do.  Hill’s book is a great reminder of why that is and how we can do it. 
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Considering the ‘Benedict Option’

In light of current conditions, conservative Christians in America can no longer live the way we’ve been living. Our culture has abandoned virtue and embraced a way of life that denies our humanity.
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Developing leaders in the church

The purpose of Designed to Lead is to convince you that God has designed churches to be the leadership centers for the entire world, and then to help equip you to be that “locus of leadership development.”
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‘Redeeming anger, irritation’

David Powlinson’s goal in Good and Angry is to help us deal with our anger issues, to help us increasingly express the right kind of anger in the right way. Few books so helpfully mix biblical truth and practical application.
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A Bible worth reading in 2017

If we’re in Christ we know we need to read the Bible consistently, but we don’t. The ESV Reader’s Bible is specially designed to help us focus on Scripture itself so that we stay in the Word.
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‘The truth behind the birth of Christ’

Tim Keller’s purpose in Hidden Christmas isn’t to uncover something about Christmas that was previously unknown, but to help us dive deeper into God’s Word so we once again experience God’s grace through Christmas like we should.
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‘Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther’

The book details the primary years of Luther’s ministry and then broadens to consider Luther’s impact on several areas such as politics, economics, and the church. It ends with a summary of Luther’s later years and an even-handed evaluation of his influence and legacy.
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BOOK REVIEW: Praying through the Word of God

The problem is not that we pray for the same old things, but that we pray for the same old things in the same old way. The solution to praying the same prayers over and over is to instead pray through the Bible.
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‘Who moved my pulpit?’

Most churches in North America are declining or growing slowly. Thom Rainer of LifeWay Christian Resources states in his book, “We are reaching fewer people [and] many have given up altogether." There are exceptions to this reality, but they are exceptions.
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Engaging the culture without losing Christ

Review of Russell Moore's "Onward:" The Bible doesn’t call us to compromise or privatize our faith ... instead God calls us to embrace the truth and implications of the gospel and to engage the culture from the perspective of the gospel. Explaining this biblical vision of Christian cultural engagement is the point of Russell Moore’s book, Onward.
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Review: Ortlund’s ‘How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ’

"If we are to be people and churches that please God and make a difference for him we must not only believe the gospel, but we must live out the gospel." Gary L. Shultz reviews 'The Gospel: How the Church Portrays the Beauty of Christ,' by Ray Ortlund, Pastor of Immanuel Church in Nashville, TN.

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