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  Will They Follow? - A Leader's...

  Donna Syme Ph.D.

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  Will They Follow? is an extensive and comprehensive book that describes how to create a program that children love to attend. Through an impactful and exciting ministry, you can fulfill Christ's final command to make disciples. Will They Follow? explains how to make the narratives of the Bible come alive. Included are teaching Bible verses for life, leading a child to Christ, playing games and activities to reinforce the Bible lesson, recruiting and energizing volunteers, partnering with parents, dealing with behavioral issues, and attracting children from unchurched homes. The anecdotal stories help the message come alive. Dr. Syme also offers a unique and strategic plan for working in small groups to discuss the real-life application of the Bible lesson. A plan for small group discussions for many Bible lessons is included along with several puppet skits which will help facilitate those discussions. Donna Syme graduated from the University of Delaware with a B.A. in elementary and special education. She later earned a master's degree in education from Widener University and a Ph.D. in Philosophy of Christian Education from Newburgh Seminary. Her teaching career spans over four decades and includes teaching elementary and special education both in public and Christian schools. She has led intervention teams, mentored new teachers, and supervised student teachers. Her ministry at church has involved teaching elementary students, directing children and teen choirs, playing the piano and organ, serving as a small group leader for teens and adults, leading teaching seminars, and serving as Coordinator of Children's Ministries. Donna is married to Robert Syme and they have two adult children, Steve and Kristen. Steve teaches English as a Second Language in Taiwan, and Kristen has a Ph.D. in anthropology and teaches at Leiden University. She lives in The Netherlands with her husband, Samy, and their daughter, Yasmeen.

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  Endangered Virtues and the...

  Michael Phillips

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  Bestselling Christian author Michael Phillips believes that the United States is on a collision course toward a new civil war. But a different kind of war. An ideological civil war, growing out of the erosion of virtues that have been the strength of the nation’s relational, spiritual, and ethical fabric for over two hundred years. When this war breaks out, it will cause more chaos and division even than that caused by the political strife of the past two decades. Institutions, families, and churches will be split in ways we cannot yet envision. Dramatic change is coming to America, and soon. Now is the time to prepare for it in our personal lives, families, and churches.

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  Sudden Death Overtime - What...

  Phil Enlow

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  The articles that make up the material from which Sudden Death Overtime was com piled were first published in the Midnight Cry Messenger in 2001 and 2002. The reader should bear this in mind as some references --such as the events of September 11- will seem "dated." The following quote is from the introduction: 
  "More and more I hear people express be- wilderment at the things taking place in the world. People just cannot understand things like the Columbine High School massacre, or how a woman could suddenly drown her five young children in a bathtub. What's wrong with people? They cannot understand why churches are in the condition they are in. They cannot understand the persistence of wars and other violent conflicts. In general they just cannot quite comprehend why things in this world are the way they are. We should do something! - but what? 
  And now, since I wrote the above, we have seen the devastating terrorist attack of Sept. 11. Multitudes who felt reasonably safe and complacent have been shocked into a state of fear and uncertain- ty. Jesus spoke of a time when men's hearts would be "failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth." Luke 21:26. 
  Does God want His children to be confused, bewildered, fearful? Of course not! He desires that we have light, that we understand the world around us. We may not be able to fully expound God's purposes for every particular event but the bottom line is that nothing should surprise us or cause us to be dismayed. 
  If you are one of His, He wants you to have light on your pathway in spite of the prevailing darkness round about. He wants you to have a rest in your soul knowing that He is able to finish what He has started. He wants you to know at all times that He has everything under control and that all is proceeding according to His wise plan. He wants you to find in Him a true hiding place from the dark tempest that is engulfing our world."

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  40 Days with the Holy Spirit -...

  Anonimo

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  "Jack Levison studies, meditates, prays and writes of the place of the Holy Spirit in our lives with more skill and understanding than anyone I know." —Eugene Peterson
  40 Days with the Holy Spirit will inspire you to encounter God in fresh and surprising ways. You'll develop stronger spiritual muscles as you breathe, read, reflect, and pray—all with an eye to cultivating a relationship with the least familiar member of the Trinity.
  
  
  The book is interactive, offering the opportunity to write and pray each day; intelligent, rooted in a rigorous study of scripture, from Genesis to Revelation; inviting, with 40 insightful, well-planned 20-30 minute daily exercises; and prayerful, with 40 original prayers that capture each day's insight into the deep, spiritual work of the Holy Spirit.
  
  
  "Is it possible to live a Spirit-filled life amid our daily distractions and demands? Jack Levison assures us it is and offers a path to wisdom through stillness and abandonment. This book leads us to the ultimate Source, the Spirit. It is a guide not just for 40 days, but a lifetime." —Judith Valente, Correspondent, Religion & Ethics Newsweekly and author of The Art of Pausing

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  Discourse on Metaphysics -...

  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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  Written in 1686 by the celebrated German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, Discourse on Metaphysics is a short, early work in which Leibniz explains how the Earth, which was created by God (an undeniably perfect being), is therefore blessed with the same purity and perfection as its creator.  Leibniz was one of the most important philosophers of the Enlightenment era and was a contemporary of Isaac Newton. But today, Leibniz's best remembered for his work in developing differential and integral calculus. A renowned rationalist - ranked with Rene Descartes and Baruch Spinoza - Leibniz himself made extraordinary discoveries in the fields of - among others- philosophy, politics, theology, history, philology, law and politics.  A seeming autodidact, Leibniz authored tens of thousands of letters and manuscripts on such disparate topics as physics, biology, geology and computer science.

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  Walking Through Deconstruction -...

  Ian Harber, Gavin Ortlund

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  "I'm deconstructing my faith." As any pastor can tell you, hearing these words is simply a regular feature of ministry these days. How we respond to those who are deconstructing will reveal the kind of church—and the kinds of Christians—we really are. 
   
   
   
  Ian Harber knows the fear and grief of deconstruction firsthand. In this book, he tells the story of his own process of deconstruction and reconstruction over more than ten years and explores what is actually happening, both culturally and spiritually, when someone deconstructs their faith. 
   
   
   
  Deconstruction doesn't happen in a vacuum; it is catalyzed by a comfortable society, cultural Christianity, compromised churches, and the compounding anxieties of life. But the Christian faith has better to offer. Harber lays out a vision for the kind of faith environment that can foster genuine reconstruction through healthy relationships, robust doctrine, healthy institutions, and the peace of God. 
   
   
   
  We desperately need healthy models of ministry to those who are deconstructing. Whether you're a pastor, parent, or friend of someone on this path, Walking Through Deconstruction offers hope for a renewed faith—stronger than it was before.

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