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John Piper. Battling Unbelief: Defeating Sin with Superior Pleasure. Multnomah, 2007. 176 pp.
Battling Impatience
In God’s Place, At God’s Pace, By Future Grace
Impatience is a form of unbelief. It’s what we begin to feel when we start to doubt the wisdom of God’s timing or the goodness of God’s guidance. It springs up in our hearts when our plan is interrupted or shattered. It may be prompted by a long wait in a checkout line or a sudden blow that knocks out half our dreams. The opposite of impatience is not a glib denial of loss. It’s a deepening, ripening, peaceful willingness to wait for God in the unplanned place of obedience, and to walk with God at the unplanned pace of obedience—to wait in his place, and go at his pace. And the key is faith in future grace. . . .
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Steve Stephens. The Wounded Warrior: Survival Guide for When You’re Beat Up, Burned Out, or Battle Weary. Multnomah, 2006. 224 pp.
Wounds can make you or break you. It’s not the deepness of the wound that kills you; it’s your refusal to face reality and step forward.
Life is full of battles, and every warrior is going to sustain his share of injuries. Some soldiers incur one significant, overpowering wound; others receive numerous minor wounds. Regardless of his past history or present circumstances, every man has his gashes and broken bones.
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Wayne Grudem. Countering the Claims of Evangelical Feminism: Biblical Responses to the Key Questions. Multnomah, 2006. 284 pp.
Egalitarian Claim:
The New Testament writers urged the mutual submission of husbands and wives to one another (Ephesians 5:21). Therefore, there is no unique leadership role for the husband.
Ephesians 5:21 says, “submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.” Egalitarians say this verse teaches “mutual submission,” and that means that just as wives have to submit to their husbands, so husbands have to submit to their wives. Doesn’t the text say that we have to submit “to one another”? And this means that there is no unique submission that a wife owes to her husband, and no unique authority that a husband has over his wife. . . .
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Randy Alcorn. The Treasure Principle: Unlocking the Secret of Joyful Giving. Multnomah, 2005. 128 pp.
Introduction
All your life, you’ve been on a treasure hunt. You’ve been searching for a perfect person and a perfect place. Jesus is that person; heaven is that place. So if you’re a Christian, you’ve already met the person, and you’re already headed to the place.
But there’s a problem. You’re not yet living with that person, and you’re not yet living in that place! . . .
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C. J. Mahaney. Living the Cross-Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing. Multnomah, 2006. 176 pp.
At the Core
Life’s Most Important Truth Can Be the Easiest to Forget
Each of our lives is centered on something. What’s at the center of yours? . . .
It could be one of any number of good things, but when it comes to centering our life, what really qualifies as the one thing God says should be the most important? . . .
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Craig Groeschel. Confessions of a Pastor: Adventures in Dropping the Pose and Getting Real with God. Multnomah, 2006. 224 pp.
I Had Been Living a Lie
One Sunday, I stood before my church, filled with fear. Fear that they would think I had failed them as their pastor, that I had let them down. But I was finally ready to tell the truth; I was sure it was what God wanted me to do.
I hadn’t had an affair or stolen from the church funds. In fact, my sins were small, everyday things; they were all just hidden from view. From the pews, it looked as if I had become everything and done everything a pastor should, and I worked very hard to keep it that way. I had played the part to perfection.
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Rick McKinley. This Beautiful Mess: Practicing the Presence of the Kingdom of God. Multnomah, 2006. 192 pp.
Discovering the Kingdom
When Jesus was on earth, He painted a radical vision for His followers. He called it the “kingdom of God.” His kingdom is a heavenly reality that lands smack in the middle of everyday life. Even here, Jesus said–in the harshness and mess of earth–His kingdom is the way things really are. His announcement was nothing less than revolutionary.
Maybe it was the clash of opposites or the paradox that Jesus’ kingdom exists in parallel with many lesser kingdoms, but either way, His followers were not quick to pick up on the revolution.
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Andy Stanley & Bill Willits. Creating Community: Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture. Multnomah, 2004. 192 pp.
Five Keys to Building a Small Group Culture
- People Need Community
- Leaders Need Clarity
- Churches Need Strategy
- Connection Needs Simplicity
- Processes Need Reality
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C. J. Mahaney. Humility: True Greatness. Multnomah, 2005. 176 pp.
The Promise of Humility
In Isaiah 66:2 we read these words from the Lord:
This is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.
This profound passage points us to an altogether different motivation and purpose for humility than we will ever find in the pages of a secular business manual. Here we find motivation and purpose rooted in this amazing fact: Humility draws the gaze of our Sovereign God.
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Andy Stanley. Next Generation Leader: 5 Essentials for Those Who Will Shape the Future. Multnomah, 2006. 176 pp.
1. Competence—Do Less, Accomplish More
We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man’s gift is… leadership, let him govern diligently. [Romans 12:6, 8 NIV]
[The apostles] knew all about servant leadership. They had learned from the Master Himself. But more and more of their time was being consumed by administrative activities. And apparently administration wasn’t something they were exceptionally good at, because before long it appeared that they were being partial to the Hebraic Jews in the daily distribution of food.
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