Download or read book Help I m Married to My Pastor written by Jani Ortlund and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ministry is hard. And every ministry wife needs—and deserves—encouragement. A woman marries a man, not his ministry. But all too often her husband's calling complicates their life together. What if ministry life isn't what she bargained for? What happens when her children make mistakes? How does she deal with church gossip, or even slander? As a pastor's wife of almost fifty years, Jani Ortlund addresses these questions, along with many others, as she offers encouragement and guidance to ministry wives. Jani reminds readers that God works out his delightfully good purposes in and through their sacrifices.

Download or read book Subversive Sabbath written by A. J. Swoboda and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a 24/7 culture of endless productivity, workaholism, distraction, burnout, and anxiety--a way of life to which we've sadly grown accustomed. This tired system of "life" ultimately destroys our souls, our bodies, our relationships, our society, and the rest of God's creation. The whole world grows exhausted because humanity has forgotten to enter into God's rest. This book pioneers a creative path to an alternative way of existing. Combining creative storytelling, pastoral sensitivity, practical insight, and relevant academic research, Subversive Sabbath offers a unique invitation to personal Sabbath-keeping that leads to fuller and more joyful lives. A. J. Swoboda demonstrates that Sabbath is both a spiritual discipline and a form of social justice, connects Sabbath-keeping to local communities, and explains how God may actually do more when we do less. He shows that the biblical practice of Sabbath-keeping is God's plan for the restoration and healing of all creation. The book includes a foreword by Matthew Sleeth.

Download or read book The Pastor s Wedding Planner written by Stan Toler and published by Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's an honor and privilege to be asked to marry a couple, but there's more to performing a wedding than leading the vows and giving the sermon. The minister is also responsible for preparing the couple for marriage and guiding them in creating a ceremony that brings honor to Christ and affirms their commitment to each other.The Pastor's Wedding Planner is a beneficial, adaptable resource that will help pastors make every couple's wedding day something special. Perfect for the multi-tasking minister, it outlines every part of the wedding process and includes ideas for a variety of traditional and contemporary ceremony styles. From pre-marital counseling topics and wedding forms to message ideas and outlines for unique ceremonies, this all-inclusive manual makes the minister's job of pronouncing two people 'husband and wife' easier and even more meaningful. Resources include:Pre-marital counseling topics and questionsSuggestions for more than 20 different ceremony stylesSermon ideas and message outlines on several different themesScripture readings, benedictions, and song suggestionsWedding checklists, building policies, shower ideas, and more

Download or read book Crazy Busy written by Kevin DeYoung and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2014 Christian Book of the Year Award "I'M TOO BUSY!" We've all heard it. We've all said it. All too often, busyness gets the best of us. Just one look at our jam-packed schedules tells us how hard it can be to strike a well-reasoned balance between doing nothing and doing it all. That's why award-winning author and pastor Kevin DeYoung addresses the busyness problem head on in his newest book, Crazy Busy — and not with the typical arsenal of time management tips, but rather with the biblical tools we need to get to the source of the issue and pull the problem out by the roots. Highly practical and super short, Crazy Busy will help you put an end to "busyness as usual."

Download or read book The Pastor s Book written by R. Kent Hughes and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastors are tasked with the incredibly demanding job of caring for the spiritual, emotional, and, at times‚ physical needs of their people. While seminary is helpful preparation for many of the challenges pastors face, there’s far more to pastoral ministry than what can be covered in the classroom. Designed as a reference guide for nearly every situation a pastor will face, this comprehensive book by seasoned pastors Kent Hughes and Doug O’Donnell is packed full of biblical wisdom and practical guidance related to the reality of pastoral ministry in the trenches. From officiating weddings to conducting funerals to visiting the sick, this book will equip pastors and church leaders with the knowledge they need to effectively minister to their flocks, both within the walls of the church and beyond.

Download or read book The Future of Christian Marriage written by Mark Regnerus and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marriage has come a long way since biblical times. Women are no longer property, and practices like polygamy have long been rejected. The world is wealthier, healthier, and more able to find and form relationships than ever. So why are Christian congregations doing more burying than marrying today? Explanations for the recession in marriage range from the mathematical--more women in church than men--to the economic, and from the availability of sex to progressive politics. But perhaps marriage hasn't really changed at all. Instead, there is simply less interest in marriage in an era marked by technology, gender equality, and secularization. Mark Regnerus explores how today's Christians find a mate within a faith that esteems marriage but in a world that increasingly yawns at it. This book draws on in-depth interviews with nearly two hundred young-adult Christians from the United States, Mexico, Spain, Poland, Russia, Lebanon, and Nigeria, in order to understand the state of matrimony in global Christian circles today. Regnerus finds that marriage has become less of a foundation for a couple to build upon and more of a capstone. Meeting increasingly high expectations of marriage is difficult, though, in a free market whose logic reaches deep into the home today. The result is endemic uncertainty, slowing relationship maturation, and stalling marriage. But plenty of Christians innovate, resist, and wed, and this book argues that the future of marriage will be a religious one.

Download or read book The Pastor written by Eugene H. Peterson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-02-22 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Pastor, author Eugene Peterson, translator of the multimillion-selling The Message, tells the story of how he started Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland and his gradual discovery of what it really means to be a pastor. Steering away from abstractions, Peterson challenges conventional wisdom regarding church marketing, mega pastors, and the church’s too-cozy relationship to American glitz and consumerism to present a simple, faith-based description of what being a minister means today. In the end, Peterson discovers that being a pastor boils down to “paying attention and calling attention to ‘what is going on now’ between men and women, with each other and with God.”

Download or read book A Call to Resurgence written by Mark A. Driscoll and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s tempting to believe that the Christian faith is alive and well in our country today. Our politicians talk about God. Our mega-churches are filled. Christian schools dot our landscape. Brace yourself. It’s an illusion. Believe it or not, only 8 percent of Americans profess and practice true evangelical Christian faith. There are more left-handed people than evangelical Christians in America. In this book, Mark Driscoll delivers a wake-up call for every believer: We are living in a post-Christian culture—a culture fundamentally at odds with faith in Jesus. This is good and bad news. The good news is that God is still working, redeeming people from this spiritual wasteland and inspiring a resurgence of faithful believers. The bad news is that many believers just don’t get it. They continue to gather exclusively into insular tribes, lobbing e-bombs at each other in cyberspace. Mark’s book is a clarion call for Christians. It’s time to get to work. We can only do this if we unite around Jesus and the essentials found in his Word, while at the same time, appreciating the distinctives within each Christian tribe. Mark shows us how to do just that. This isn’t the time to wait or debate. Join the resurgence.

Download or read book How to Thrive as a Pastor s Wife written by Christine Hoover and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every pastor's wife is a faithful servant and leader in her own right. She has great influence on her church, her community, her family, and her husband, and she finds joy in seeing God move in the lives of others. Yet she also faces unique challenges that too often go unnoticed and unaddressed. At times, a pastor's wife may feel she can't talk about her struggles even with those who are closest to her, which can leave her feeling alone, depleted, and misunderstood. She may settle for this way of living, but that's not God's desire for her. Christine Hoover knows firsthand the unique struggles and opportunities afforded a pastor's wife--she's been filling that role for more than 20 years. Coming alongside as an understanding friend, she offers encouragement and guidance to the struggling pastor's wife, showing her how to make meaningful personal relationships with God, her husband, her children, her church community, and other women--relationships that will sustain her and help her thrive.

Download or read book IFaith written by Daniel Darling and published by New Hope Publishers (AL). This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at prayer and faith in the digital and technological world of the twenty-first century and how communicating with God is affected by modern technology.

Download or read book Wedding Sermons and Marriage Ceremonies written by Derl Keefer and published by CSS Publishing. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wedding Sermons and Marriage Ceremonies by Derl Keefer is a book on wedding sermons and wedding homilies. Topics covered in this book include: - wedding sermons - christian wedding sermons - protestant wedding sermons - wedding homilies Marriage ceremonies don't have to fall into a routine of just doing and saying the same old things. This creative resource provides pastors with several unique marriage liturgies, including ceremonies for a traditional wedding, a wedding of an older couple, a second marriage with children, a marriage combined with communion, and more. They're guaranteed to put meaning into one of the most important days of a couple's life. This is a wonderful resource for those who want to be sensitive to the needs of couples from all backgrounds. Tom Barnard, Vice President Eastern Nazarene College Quincy, Massachusetts This collection also contains 14 five-minute wedding homilies which addresses a variety of situations. Blending images from scripture and the practical realities of modern life, these succinct messages reveal the connection between faith in God and the promises of marriage. Included are meditations for a marriage when both parties have been divorced; a widowed, mature couple; a wedding in an outdoor setting; a formal wedding; and the marriage of a couple with a baby...and more! Derl Keefer is a graduate of Southern Nazarene University (B.A.) and Nazarene Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and is senior pastor of Three Rivers Church of the Nazarene in Three Rivers, Michigan. His sermons and articles have appeared in numerous clergy publications, and Keefer leads workshops and seminars on preaching and Sunday School ministry. Cheryl Rohret graduated summa cum laude from Sterling College (B.A.) prior to earning the M.Div. degree from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. She has served as pastor of churches in Iowa and Washington, and currently spends her time writing, preaching, and leading retreats. Wedding Sermons and Marriage Ceremonies by Derl Keefer is a book on wedding sermons and wedding homilies. Topics covered in this book include: wedding sermons, christian wedding sermons, protestant wedding sermons, and wedding homilies.

Download or read book The Busy Pastor s Guide written by Charles Laurent and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.

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Download or read book God s Priorities for Today s Woman written by Lisa Hughes and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern-day feminism and the decline of solid Bible teaching in churches have left many women confused or unaware of God’s high calling for their lives. Though the world changes, God’s priorities have not. In Titus 2:3-5, the apostle Paul reveals the value God places upon a woman’s character, her relationships, and her home. In God’s Priorities for Today’s Woman, popular Bible teacher Lisa Hughes explains and illustrates each priority that Paul describes, empowering Christian women to grow in their understanding of God and of what He considers important gain assurance they are living the life God desires them to live be equipped to grow in each priority area learn how to minister more effectively to other women God’s Priorities for Today’s Woman will equip women of all ages to grow in godly living. Study questions effective for individual or small group use are included at the end of each chapter.

Download or read book Bible Study for Busy Pastors and Ministers written by Reginald F. Davis and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-25 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastors and ministers have one of the most challenging jobs on Earth. Of all their tasks, one responsibility they cannot neglect is teaching the word of God. Unfortunately, church leaders seldom have enough time to prepare Bible studies for their congregation. This book is a quick resource to help fill that gap. These thematically arranged Bible studies each contain an introduction to a topic and a list of relevant Scripture readings for that topic. Pastors can use the introduction to spark discussion within small groups or to focus on the specific themes during sermon writing. This book will prove to be an invaluable resource for years to come.

Download or read book Preparing Couples for Love and Marriage written by Cameron Lee and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good preparation enables couples to take a first step together in facing their future challenges. While no one can smooth away all the rough spots in the marital road ahead, couples can be coached to pay attention to warning signs, see the bumps before they hit them, and deal more skillfully with inevitable conflicts. This book provides pastors with a framework and tools for this ministry. The good news is that you don’t need any formal background in counseling, because the kind of work we’re talking about isn’t counseling—it’s coaching—a coach who can help couples to respond positively to the differences between them. It’s not about having the answers; but is it about helping couples manage difficulties before they become serious threats to the marriage.

Download or read book Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors Volume 4 written by Rob Westbrook and published by Rob Westbrook. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete Sermon Outlines for One Full Year! Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 4 gives the busy pastor a head start on sermon preparation. With 52 complete sermon outlines, pastors can save hundreds of hours a year, with the base research and layout for a year's worth of sermons already in place. Here's some advantages Sermon Outlines for Busy Pastors: Volume 4 provides:These are complete sermon outlines. Each sermon outline is much more than a basic three point outline requiring a lot of time and research to flesh out. These outlines go much deeper, with each main point completely developed with sub-points and more.Each sermon outline is rooted in God's Word and is expository, with a wealth of detail, great for spurring your own thoughts and allowing you to take the sermon in another direction as you feel led.Every sermon outline is solidly based in the Bible and conservative theology. Sermon illustrations include enough detail to suggest your own personal or applicable illustrations.4 complete sermon series, providing a map for the next several Sundays, saving many hours of advance planning and preparation.Volume 4 Sermons and the ScripturesBoldly Into the New Year - Joshua 1:1-9The Choice is Yours - Psalm 1:1-6Too Busy for Jesus - Luke 10:38-42Perform and Impress? - Proverbs 29:25Lessons from the Thorn - 2 Corinthians 12:7-10Proud or Humble? - Isaiah 66:1-2The Atoning Blood - Leviticus 16:1-9; Hebrews 9:7-14Blindness - 2 Corinthians 4:1-6The Road to the Cross: Who Then Can Be Saved? - Luke 18:18-30The Road to the Cross: He's Coming Back - Matthew 24:36-44The Road to the Cross: The Haves and the Have-Nots - Luke 18:9-14The Road to the Cross: The Big Picture - Isaiah 53:1-10The Road to the Cross: It Is Finished - John 19:16-30Second Chances - 2 Timothy 4:11Taking a Risk - Luke 8:43-48The Book Will Bring Revival - 2 Chron. 34:14-21; 29-33The Woman God Blesses - 1 Samuel 1:1-2:2What it Takes to do the Work of the Lord - Judges 7:1-15Men on Fire - Colossians 1:3-8; 4:12-13Identity Confusion - Luke 22:54-62At the Crossroads - Jeremiah 6:16A Building Dedication - 2 Kings 6:1-7Thanksgiving - Psalm 73:1-28Thanksgiving - Psalm 100:1-5Thanksgiving - Psalm 96:1-13Christmas - The Big Picture - Luke 2:1-14; John 1Christmas - The Incarnation - Luke 2:1-14Christmas - This Baby's Life - Isaiah 53:1-12Following God into the New Year - Genesis 12:1-4Life: What's the Point? - What's the Point of a Church in My Life? - Acts 2:42-47Life: What's the Point? - What's the Point of a New Life? - John 3:1-3Life: What's the Point? - What's the Point of a Right Life? - Romans 12:1-2Life: What's the Point? - What's the Point of My Life? - Jeremiah 1:540 Days of Prayer - Week 1 - Acts 1:1-1340 Days of Prayer - Week 2 - Exodus 34:1-940 Days of Prayer - Week 3 - Acts 4:23-3240 Days of Prayer - Week 4 - Matthew 5:13-1640 Days of Prayer - Week 5 - Acts 18:1-1140 Days of Prayer - Week 6 - 2 Chron. 7:14-1540 Days of Prayer - Week 7 - 2 Chron. 7:1-10Questions from Corinth - Reminders - 1 Cor. 1:1-9Questions from Corinth - What About Divisions in the Church? - 1 Cor. 1:10-11Questions from Corinth - Flee Immorality - 1 Cor. 6:13-20Questions from Corinth - What About the Lord's Supper? - 1 Cor. 11:17-30Questions from Corinth - Who's The Most Important? - 1 Cor. 12:12-27Questions from Corinth - What About Temptation? - 1 Cor. 10:6-13Questions from Corinth - What about Gray Areas? - 1 Cor. 8:1-13Questions from Corinth - Is Marriage Important? - 1 Cor. 7:1-16Questions from Corinth - The Do's and Don'ts of Love - 1 Cor. 13:4-8Questions from Corinth - What About the Cross? - 1 Cor. 1:17-25Questions from Corinth - What is the Gospel? - 1 Cor. 15:1-4Questions from Corinth - What About the Resurrection? - 1 Cor. 15:12-19Keywords: bible,expository,outlines,pastor,sermon,sermon helps,sermon outlines,sermon prep,old testament,new testament,preach,preaching