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How The Body Of Christ Talks
$16.99Add to cartIn today’s highly-charged social and political environment, we often don’t know how to talk well with others–especially people whose backgrounds differ from our own C. Christopher Smith, coauthor of the critically acclaimed and influential Slow Church, addresses why conversation has become such a challenge in the 21st century and argues that it is perhaps the most needed spiritual practice of our individualistic age.
Smith likens practicing conversation to the working of the human body. Bodies are wondrous symphonies of diverse, intricate parts striving for our health, and our health suffers when these parts fail to converse effectively. Likewise, we must learn to converse effectively with those who differ from us in the body of Christ so we can embody Christ together in the world. In community, we learn what it means to belong to others and to a story that is bigger than ourselves.
Smith shows how church communities can be training hubs where we learn to talk and listen to each other with kindness and compassion. The book explores how churches can initiate and sustain conversation, including working through seasons of conflict; suggests the contours of a spirituality that can foster conversation; and features stories from a diverse range of congregations that are learning to practice conversation.
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Unexplainable Church : Reigniting The Mission Of The Earlly Believers A 10 (Stud
$12.99Add to cartA Divine Invitation
Making The Most Of This Study
Week One: Unexplainable Beginnings
Week Two: Unexplainably Unstoppable
Week Three: Unexplainable Grace
Week Four: The Unexplainable Ways Of God
Week Five: An Unexplainable Legacy
Week Six: Unexplainable Riches
Week Seven: Unexplainable Protection
Week Eight: Our Unexplainable God
Week Nine: Unexplainable Simplicity
Week Ten: Unexplainable CommunityPaul’s Acts 29 Story
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Finally, a Bible study that goes deep…Frustrated with the watered-down, “light” Bible studies that are all too common, Erica Wiggenhorn wanted to write a study that went deep. She wanted to take readers verse-by-verse through a whole book of the Bible, offering theological and historical comments in each lesson while still remaining pastoral and practical.
Unexplainable Church is the result, and it offers readers two great takeaways. It will teach them by example how to study the Bible deeply, and it will challenge them toward critical life-change: submitting their will to the mission of the church, where life finds its fullest meaning.
The message of Unexplainable Church is that the early church didn’t grow because Peter and Paul were so amazing, but because average people were transformed by God and brought together in His work. This 10-week inductive study of Acts 13-28 will sweep readers into the great drama of the Kingdom, inspiring them to live together in the power of the Spirit and accomplish what could never be done alone.
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Growing Young : 6 Essential Strategies To Help Young People Discover And Lo (Rep
$19.99Add to cartUnleashing the Passion of Young People in Your Church Is Possible!
Churches are losing both members and vitality as increasing numbers of young people disengage. Based on groundbreaking research with over 250 of the nation’s leading congregations, Growing Young provides a strategy any church can use to involve and retain teenagers and young adults. It profiles innovative churches that are engaging 15- to 29-year-olds and as a result are growing–spiritually, emotionally, missionally, and numerically. Packed with both research and practical ideas, Growing Young shows pastors and ministry leaders how to position their churches to engage younger generations in a way that breathes vitality, life, and energy into the whole church.
