What would you do if God came to you in a vision and revealed to you future events? And what if you saw these events unfold before your eyes in miraculous ways? This happened to a young medical student and his wife who were led on an exciting journey of faith that saw God exercise his mighty hand on their behalf. Dr. Fisher tells this compelling story to glorify God and to edify all readers. Years later, he was sent on a prophetic mission to confront a pastor with unpalatable facts about a...

The Babylonian attack on Jerusalem in 587 BCE forced upon the Israelite survivors the realization that Yahweh, one of the gods they had venerated, was an overwhelming presence in their affairs. The attack on their city had been devastating, overturning virtually the only world they knew. Such a disaster had been prophesied by several prophets of Yahweh who had warned them against worshipping other gods than Yahweh and ignoring his commandments. These prophets reminded them that in the anci...

This edited volume represents a diversity of voices from different bacgrounds at a pivotal moment in the histry of the world Christian movement. A collection of perspectives and interpretations from Wesleyans on matters of gospel and culture.

2024 American Society of Missiology Book AwardChristianity Today 2025 Book Award Finalist (Missions / Global Church)Outreach 2025 Resource of the Year (Missions and Cross-Cultural)Named One of Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies, World Christianity, and Intercultural Theology for 2024Southwestern Journal of Theology 2023 Book Award (Honorable ...

Every day we witness the impact of poverty, injustice, disaster, and disease. Our desire as followers of Christ is to respond with compassion, love, and grace. In recent years, the church has responded in an unprecedented way to the needs in the world. Still, we see little in the way of true progress and transformation. In addition, despite our good intentions, we may be doing more harm than good.Speaking from his experience as a mission mobilizer, John Bailey shares real-life stor...

Drawing on decades of teaching and mission experience, leading missiologist Darrell Whiteman helps people in cross-cultural ministry learn how to explore and understand their social, cultural, and religious context so they can more effectively witness to people in cultures different from their own.

How could a loving God send people to hell? Will people have a chance after they die to believe in Jesus and go to heaven?With a humble respect for God's Word, Francis Chan and Preston Sprinkle address the deepest questions you have about eternal destiny. They've asked the same questions. Like you, sometimes they just don't want to believe in hell. But as they write, "We cannot afford to be wrong on this issue."This is not a book about who is saying what. I...

"Both enlightening and inspiring . . . a helpful resource for both Jews and Christians, conservatives and liberals, religious leaders and social reformers." —Peter J. Paris, the Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor of Christian Social Ethics, emeritus, Princeton Theological SeminaryIn The Meaning of the Bible: What the Jewish Scriptures and Christian Old Testament Can Teach Us, preeminent biblical scholars Douglas A. Knight and Amy-Jill Levine deliver a broad an...

Twenty-first-century society is diverse, and Christians must be able to understand other cultures and communicate effectively between and among them. Following up on the bestselling Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers, this new addition to the Youth, Family, and Culture series explores the much-needed skill of Cultural Intelligence (CQ), the ability to work effectively across national, ethnic, and even organizational cultures. While rooted in sound, scholarly research,

“Challenging, inspiring and practical.”Bear Grylls“I can’t think of anyone more qualified to write about the significance of knowing your purpose than my friend Ken Costa… His new book, Know Your Why, is absolutely foundational to living a purpose driven life.”Rick Warren“Among the crush and the rush of life, there's no better guide in the pursuit of getting it right than my friend Ken Costa… I highly recommend ...

The Holy Spirit...Greater than your theology, bigger than denominations, beyond all we can imagine, God's gift to the church and to youDebate about the Holy Spirit has been around for a long time. In Holy Fire, best-selling author and respected theologian R. T. Kendall sets the record straight about the Holy Spirit's role in our lives and in the life of the church.If you want to increase your knowledge of this most misunderstood member of the ...

If the evangelical church at large was ever too confrontational in its evangelism, those days are gone. In our shrinking, pluralistic world, the belief that Jesus is the only way of salvation is increasingly called arrogant and even hateful. In the face of this criticism, many shrink back from affirming the global necessity of knowing and believing in Jesus. In Jesus, the Only Way to God, John Piper offers a timely plea for the evangelical church to consider what is at stake in su...