Nobody makes it through life without facing some kind of crisis. Sooner or later, we arrive at the moment where the rug gets pulled out from under us, our world is falling apart, and it feels like the walls are closing in on us. On top of the pain of hardship, life's difficult times can also become a crisis of faith. They leave us asking: Do I have what it takes to make it through? Is it all over for me? Will it ever get better? Does God really love me?

We are all too aware of the damage poisons can have on our bodies. These ailments find their way into us, invading us, infecting us, and spreading throughout us until the illness is felt all over. There are spiritual poisons that work this way as well, except these ailments invade another kind of body-the spiritual body of Christ. Like the diseases of our physical bodies, these diseases slow the body down, crippling it to function at less than capacity. They limit what the body can do and ...

Mac Brunson says that finding your way to God does not have to be left to chance. God has revealed Him self to the world in the person of His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the pages of His Word. The Bible reveals his thoughts, emotions, personality, and character so that we can know Him, not just know about Him. For those tired of searching for the meaning in life, or those weary of the humdrum routine of doing spiritual exercises with no apparent result, Brunson's book will help them find wha...

Der Pastor weidet als Hirte seine Herde. Das ist seine Berufung und seine Verantwortung. Oft wird aber eine entscheidende Frage vernachlässigt: Wer kümmert sich eigentlich um den Hirten? Der Dienst eines Pastors beginnt mit einer Berufung von Gott. Gleichzeitig benötigt er in seinem Dienst nicht nur eine geistliche Berufung, sondern auch praktische Ratschläge und Ressourcen, damit er langfristig einen vollmächtigen Dienst als Hirte, Prediger und Leiter tun kann. Die erfahrenen Pastoren Mac...

The New Guidebook for Pastors is written in the tradition of classics like Criswell’s Guidebook for Pastors. But since most pastoral guidebooks available today date back to 1980 or earlier, this new resource by Mac Brunson and James W. Bryant will offer fresh experience-based encouragement to all pastors in their pursuit of excellence and development in their God-called profession.Among the twenty chapters are "The Pastor and His Call," "The Pasto...