We live in difficult times for both the culture and the church. Believers can find fulfillment and assurance by endeavoring to follow the call of Jesus in Matt 6:33 to "seek first God's Kingdom and His righteousness." This book is full of stories that indicate ways in which believers can be helped to live as Jesus proposes. Such a life is not easy, and everyone faces struggles, but it is worthwhile. In God's kingdom believers experience new values, caring community, vibrant worship, and le...

The Gospels are full of encounters that made a profound impact on those who spoke with Jesus Christ. In the first essay of his new series, Timothy Keller, pastor of New York's Redeemer Presbyterian Church and New York Times-bestselling author of The Reason for God, shows how those encounters can still have a deep effect on us today. Through a lively examination of the biblical passage where Nathanael, the sceptical student, meets with Jesus, Keller reveals how this intera...

'A superb book on failure . . . humorous, realistic and absolutely not judgemental.'JUSTIN WELBYIn 2019, Emma Ineson wrote about ambition and what it means for Christians to be successful. And then there was a global pandemic . . . Suddenly failure began to feel very much more familiar than success.But what is failure? What did Jesus think of it? What did he say about sin, mistakes and generally mucking things up? At the start of th...

Who is the Christ we serve? What does it mean to be part of the body of Christ? How can we live more Christ-centred lives?Introduced and edited by Sarah Mullally, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rooted in Love offers forty reflections for Lent 2021 that lead us deeper into the meaning and practice of life in Christ today. Drawing on the collective wisdom of all the area bishops in the Diocese of London, each reflection includes a Bible reading, a prayer and ...

Sometimes Christians assume that people 'out there' are eager to listen to what the Church has to offer. But why should those we try to evangelize want to hear the gospel? Surely people will only be intrigued by Christian life and community when they see something provocative or attractive. Then they will want to know what's going on. The Provocative Church offers a liberating understanding of evangelism as a corporate activity, in which all the gifts needed to enact the life of the kingdo...

To Transform a City is a timely, compelling book that helps readers understand how to think about cities, their own city, and the broad strategies needed for kingdom impact. The book begins with an overview of the importance of cities in the new day in which we live. The authors address the process of transformation along with examples of where and how communities have been transformed throughout history. After writing a persuasive chapter on kingdom thinking the authors unfold the meaning...

What if what we are witnessing is not the decline of the Church but it's rebirth?**The rates of decline in church attendance and the ticking demographic timebomb show that business as usual will lead to extinction. But out of these ashes there are countless reasons to hope. Signs and stories emerging from worshipping communities the world over can give us renewed confidence that, as always, God is doing a 'new-old' thing.The Church that is emerging amid ti...

The "emerging church" movement is perhaps the most significant church trend of our day. The emerging church offers and encourages a new way of doing and being the church. While it largely resonates with an eighteen-to-thirty-four-year-old audience--the first fully postmodern generation--it is also gaining popularity with older Christians and encompasses a broad array of traditional and contemporary churches. Emerging Churches explores this movement and provides insight into its su...

The world is obsessed with leaders: identifying them, training them, becoming them. Even in the church, this preoccupation is all-too apparent. Jesus, however, is not interested in developing leaders. Rather, he is interested in the formation of servants. In this powerful reflection on leadership and servanthood, Dr. Hwa Yung addresses the overemphasis on leadership development within the church. Challenging a culture of hubris, ambition, and self-seeking, he reminds us that ministry is no...

Here is a much-needed book on evangelism that demonstrates what a vital part signs and wonders play in drawing people to Christ and growing the church. Steve Elliott convincingly shows how that has always been true, both in Scripture and throughout church history. He also offers practical ways local churches can let that shape their evangelistic strategy.

Christians worldwide are learning new ways to connect their faith to everyday life. Gospel communities are popping up everywhere; in cafes, gyms, tattoo parlours, laundromats. This movement, called Fresh Expressions, is attracting thousands and growing rapidly. With over 120 real-life examples, Michael Moynagh describes easy ways for ordinary Christians to embrace this highly effective approach to local mission. Anyone can do it!

2011 Golden Canon Leadership Book Award winnerMinistry to others and growing the church were the center of Keith Meyer's life. And yet he was arguing with his wife about how many nights a week he was spending in meetings. His temper was short, and he was exhausted.Keith writes: "I can see that I was pursuing a twisted idea of 'success'--not in the secular forms I regularly preached against, but in the sanctified activism and workaholism sometimes called 'profe...