I am a big fan of the Counterpoints by Zondervan. I find it interesting and challenging to read viewpoints of people I see eye to eye with as well as people I respect, but do not agree with. Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches: Five Perspectives is a book in the tradition of the […]
Archive for April, 2007
Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches
Published by April 20th, 2007 in Church Ministry and Theology. 0 CommentsI realized last week if I am going to hit my goal of 50 books in 2007 I’m going to have to get on it (let’s face it, I probably won’t get to 50). So I put some concerted effort to finishing up Marcus Buckingham’s Go Put Your Strengths To Work.
As I mentioned […]
Textbooks for The Words of Jesus
Published by April 13th, 2007 in Jesus, Theology and Christology. 1 CommentIt is never easy for me to select textbooks for a class that I am teaching. No book ever seems to be perfect for the task at hand. Unless one has written the text oneself the forensic orientation always seems a bit skewed from the manner in which class presentations are […]
The Dangerous Act of Worship
Published by April 12th, 2007 in Church Ministry and Social Justice. 2 CommentsIn The Dangerous Act of Worship: Living God’s Call to Justice, pastor Mark Labberton discusses the implications true worship - not just songs - has on a body of believers. This book is a treatise on what the author defines as that which matters most - worship. Dr. Labberton writes that “worship turns out to […]
Change is an extremely difficult pill to swallow for many churches. Some churches change too quickly and alienate people, some change too slow and simply die off. Aubrey Malphurs in one his best books, A New Kind of Church, writes on the theology of change. Dr. Malphurs looks at the changing culture […]
I finished up Guy Kawasaki’s book The Art of the Start earlier this week. I have really enjoyed reading Guy’s blog over the last 6 months or so and have really grown to appreciate his insight, wit, and wisdom.
Guy was an “evangelist” for Apple in the 80’s and in the 90’s launched Garage […]
Staffing, whether in a business or church, is no easy task. I have been a staff member in both scenarios and both as tricky in various ways. I have found that churches are generally more tentative in hiring (sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not) and that in both paid and volunteer staff at […]
In 2003, George Barna wrote a book called Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions. That book has been a favorite among children’s ministry workers ever since. In Mr. Barna’s new book, Revolutionary Parenting, he looks at parents who have raised up spiritual champions and what the research showed they did differently than your typical […]
