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This book is a manual for raising up and equipping elders or shepherds. It provides resources for identifying emerging leaders, for training elders and their wives, and for beginning an elder development program in a congregation. A vital resource for a neglected area of church life.'In the leadership literature the question is asked, Are people born leaders or do we train them to become leaders? I suggest a third option. Leaders emerge. When we begin to offer training and developm...

When Ron Clark walked into his fifth-grade class in rural North Carolina, he was confronted with a tremendous challenge. The children had little interest in learning, and were sorely lacking in guidance. How would he transform a group of apathetic kids into disciplined, thoughtful, and curious students? He quickly realized that they needed to learn some basic rules.Clark compiled a list of 55 lessons, and soon, his fifth-grade students--who once struggled to read at the third-grade...

New York Times bestselling author and educator Ron Clark challenges parents, teachers, and communities everywhere embrace a difference in the classroom and uplift, educate, and empower our children.Read this book to find out why so many across the country have embraced these powerful rules.· Set the electric tone on day one· Teach your children how to study—don’t expect it to come naturally· Don’t constantly stress about test scores

As his school began rebounding from the unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic, visionary educator Ron Clark asked himself a crucial question: How can we continue to improve when we’re already giving our all? The answer was to ask his staff to brainstorm ways to be just a little bit better. If everyone committed to ten of these “one percenters,” as he called them, they would have a major impact. That’s exactly what happened, and today, the Ron Clark Academy is leading the way with ...

**From a New York Times bestselling author and Disney's “Teacher of the Year” comes a road map to enrich students' learning experiences, revised and updated for today’s teachers and parents.“Valuable and thought-provoking.” ―Publishers Weekly**After publishing The Essential 55 (over 1 million copies sold), award-winning teacher Ron Clark took his rules on the road and traveled to schools and districts in 50 states. He met amazing teachers, adminis...

New York Times bestselling author and award-winning educator Ron Clark applies his successful leadership principles to the business world in this effective and accessible guidebook, perfect for any manager looking to inspire and motivate his or her team. Includes a foreword by bestselling author and FranklinCovey executive Sean Covey.Teamwork is crucial to the success of any business, and as acclaimed author and speaker Ron Clark illustrates, the members o...

The location of the Jewish worship articles, the Ark, Menorrah, and Table of Showbread has long been debated. They are not crated and stored in an Area 51 warehouse and no mention is made of being returned after the Babylonian dispora. A letter written by the prophet Jeremiah provides a clue to their hiding place and leads Josh Winslow and Dr. Caleb O'Connor on a search to the Holy Land. World powers and terrorists are stop them. Can the God of Israel lead them to a successful end or will ...

When a boy cries, his father trains him in the way of the ancients. He is taught to "man up," and rejects anything feminine in his life. Thus he begins the process of becoming a man in the image of his culture. This transformation comes at the expense of his own calling to reflect the image of God. Men and women, however, were both created in this divine image and were meant to live in harmony rather than enmity. Recently, influential Christian writers and leaders have suggested that men h...

In the midst of hectic and fast paced families, one stable element that can bring grace, love, and joy is the table. Biblically, the table was a place of mercy, unity, and hospitality. Marriage also is a uniting of male and female, to complement and partner, to create a new family, ministry, and community. When the marriage table becomes a central element, sacred and safe spaces are created for individuals, couples, and families to thrive and mature as God intended. Ron and Lori Clark shar...

The Spirit of Jesus Unleashed on the Church is the third book in a series concerning the restoration of Jesus' people in a world where the marginalized classes longed for reconciliation to God. After Jesus' ascension the early Christians fulfilled Luke's epic theme of restoration in their new empire, inclusion of outcasts, and endurance during the resistance. As Jesus journeyed to Jerusalem, so Paul and the mission of God followed the journey to the capital of the Roman world. God's people...

Vintage Sci-Fi 22 - 27 Classic Science Fiction Short Stories from H. P. Lovecraft, Arthur C. Clarke, H. G. Wells, Robert Silverberg, Nelson S. Bond, Brian W. Aldiss and moreThe Night Wire by H. F. ArnoldThe First Spaceman by Gene L. HendersonHide and Seek by Arthur C. ClarkeTwo Black Bottles by H. P. LovecraftThe Sea Raiders by H. G. WellsThe Old Timer by Richard R. SmithThe Broken Axiom by Alfred BesterLat...

Luke's narrative of Jesus was presented to Christians who had already heard and read stories of Jesus and the birth of this new movement, Christianity. Luke seemed to rewrite the story of Jesus similar to ancient epics of the history of a nation, a movement, and the tale of a hero. Jesus and the church emerged in occupied Judea, a nation that was not only oppressed but was in exile. Occupied Judea, however, struggled for power and honor and in turn, for marginalized people who needed God. ...