The Pastor as Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life
By: M. Craig Barnes
4.11
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
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Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
"Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
2. The Attributes of God
By: Arthur W. Pink
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Format: 128 pages, Paperback
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"Grace is that in God which brings into favor one justly in disfavor."-Arthur W. Pink, The Attributes of God
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By: Douglas K. Blount , Nathan D. Holsteen , Michael J. Svigel , None , None , None
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"...the essence of gospel-humility is not thinking more of myself or thinking less of myself, it is thinking of myself less."-Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness
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6. The Pastor as Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts in the Ministerial Life
By: M. Craig Barnes
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Format: 188 pages, Paperback
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"We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed."-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
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" Prayer is so simple. It is like quietly opening a door and slipping into the very presence of God. There, in the stillness, to listen to His voice, perhaps in petition or only to listen. It matters …"-Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God
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10. The Story of Christianity: Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day
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4.29
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By: Hannah Hurnard
3.67
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3.37
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4.17
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3.97
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4.26
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4.47
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"You want to know how to love me? Love my children. You want to be good to me? Be good to my children."-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
"A teenager doesn't know she's still a child. A teenager feels like an adult, I suppose primarily because her outside, her flesh and her face, her body, her size, her width and height, look like - and…"-Beth Moore, All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir
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4.61
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"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
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"When the plain sense makes good sense, seek no other sense."-Millard J. Erickson, A Basic Guide to Eschatology: Making Sense of the Millennium
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4.13
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4.35
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4.32
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4.10
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30. Care of Souls: Revisioning Christian Nurture and Counsel
By: David G. Benner
3.91
Format: 254 pages, Paperback
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31. The Church in an Age of Secular Mysticisms: Why Spiritualities without God Fail to Transform Us
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4.39
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