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Continue reading →: A God-Sized Vision: Book Review
Collin Hansen is an American journalist and editor of The Gospel Coalition. He received his undergrad from Northwestern in history and journalism and his Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical. Hansen is also considered to be an expert on New Calvinism, which is a movement within conservative Evangelicalism. It…
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Continue reading →: The American Evangelical Story: A History of the Movement: Book Review
The American Evangelical Story examines the role American evangelicalism played in the scope of evangelical history and demonstrates how evangelicals have continued to change the world. Douglas A. Sweeney, professor of church history and chair of the department at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School[1] offers this work as an introduction…
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Continue reading →: The Emotionally Healthy Church
Peter Scazzero is the founder of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, New York, which is a large, multiracial church with more than seventy-three countries represented. After serving as the senior pastor for twenty-six years, Scazzero now serves as a teaching pastor with a primary focus on a groundbreaking…
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Continue reading →: Move: What 1,000 Churches Reveal About Spiritual Growth Book Review
Greg L. Hawkins is executive pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois. For twenty years, he has assisted senior pastor Bill Hybels in providing strategic leadership and his prior management experience came as a consultant for McKinsey & Company. Hawkins received his undergraduate degree in civil…
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Continue reading →: What is the Gospel? (gǒs’pəl) & From Dust to Destiny Book Reviews
Greg Gilbert is currently serving as the senior pastor of Third Avenue Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He earned his M.Div. from Southern Seminary in 2006 and his B.A. in History from Yale University in 1999.[1] Gilbert’s writing is based on the premise of two ideas: (1) the local…
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Continue reading →: Explanation & Response to the Gospel
Greg Gilbert best describes the gospel as, “The proclamation that Jesus, the crucified and risen Messiah, is the one, true, and only Lord of the world.”[1] Gilbert also demonstrates how Paul’s letter to the Romans is a great place to find the most basic explanation of the gospel. In…
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Continue reading →: Lecture To My Students by Charles Spurgeon
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 – 1892) is often referred to as the “Prince of Preachers.” He served at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, and he was also the founder and president of the Pastor’s College in London. During his early teenage years, he came to faith in Christ and even a…
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Continue reading →: The Crucified Life by A.W. Tozer Book Review
The Crucified Life: How to Live Out a Deeper Christian Experience. By A. W. Tozer. Bethany House Publishing, 2011, 220 pp. $14.99 (Paperback). Part I Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897–1963) is considered by many to be one of the greatest theologians of the 20th century. Tozer was a pastor of Christian…
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Continue reading →: Does God Do Anything in Ministry Apart From Prayer?
Prayer is arguably the most important task of the spiritual leader and there is no denying the power of prayer, but Dave Earley goes one step further to argue, “God does nothing in ministry apart from prayer.”[1] On its own, this statement comes off a bit too encompassing and perhaps…
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Continue reading →: Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered Book Review
Born in Seattle, Washington, James C. Wilhoit has served on the faculty of Wheaton College since 1981. Currently he serves as the Scripture Press Chair of Christian Formation and Ministry. His extensive academic achievements include: a Ph.D. from Northwestern in Religion, a M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, a…
Life-Giving Words of Hope & Encouragement
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I’m Chaplain Jeff Davis
With God, all things are possible. I write to offer hope and encouragement to anyone walking through the in-between seasons of life. My prayer is that as you read these words—and see your own story reflected in them—you’ll be strengthened, reminded you’re not alone, and drawn closer to the One who makes all things new.
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Psalms For the Hard Seasons – https://a.co/d/76SZEkY
A Map Through the Night – https://a.co/d/d8U2cA4
Comfortable Captivity – https://a.co/d/0j8ByKJa
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