The goal of Rise Up & Build is to build a desire within every Christian member to be both a cause and a contributor to the growth of the local church. To accomplish this, Neal Pollard provides:Precise "how to" for time and talent.Specific tools for building up the kingdom.Easy-to-read style, yet detailed enough to be a reference book.Forthright challenges for unhealthy, unbiblical attitudes.Tangible, concrete, ...

They cover a crucial time in sacred and human history. In Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah, the people of God are subjugated and hoping to emerge from their national judgment. In Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi, the Jews have returned, guests in their homeland of world powers who benignly allow them to engage in a Restoration Movement which will help pave the way for the coming of the Messiah in just a few centuries of time. The content of these six books are less familiar and even more obscu...

The Bear Valley church of Christ has worked to fulfill God's eternal purpose in its own time and place. Of the many good works it has accomplished in over 50 years of existence, none can match the global impact God has made through our school of preaching- known today as the Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver. Last month began our 50th year of preacher training. This year's lectureship examines the book Ephesians. There, Paul speaks of "God's Eternal Purpose" (3:9-11). Preaching is a fu...

Here are six men, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah, who stand shoulder to shoulder in the inspired canon of scripture. They never would have been in the same room together, separated by time, travel, and task. They could each tell personal tales of heartache, sacrifice, and trial, disappointment and disbelief. Their message, to the man, was piercing and convicting. We know almost nothing about the personal history of a couple of them. A couple of the others have their personal ...

The man behind the pulpit is the communicator of the Word of God, the dispenser of heavenly wisdom that restores the fainting, encourages the weary, and motivates the determined. The preacher is a minister—a servant to God and to his fellow man.But who ministers to the minister?In Fit for the Pulpit a host of preachers dispense comfort and counsel to their brethren in the trenches, men who often work in ministerial isolation as they seek to build up the body of Chr...